The Superpower of the Conman | Alexis Conran | TEDxBerlin

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  • Опубліковано 23 гру 2024

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  • @mogbaba
    @mogbaba 4 роки тому +102

    The best TED Talk ever, for me. He is a real CON man, look at his name!

    • @beforeyou1762
      @beforeyou1762 4 роки тому +16

      After he con people. He ran.

    • @jhowardsupporter
      @jhowardsupporter 3 роки тому +9

      He was not even the guy meant to be giving the speech. He just walked onto the stage.

    • @VestigialHead
      @VestigialHead Рік тому

      @@jhowardsupporter There was no Tedx Event. He just put up a sign and got people to pay $100 to tell them he is a scammer.

    • @timothykangethe7700
      @timothykangethe7700 Місяць тому

      😂Well said 👏

  • @alexgoslar4057
    @alexgoslar4057 5 років тому +70

    Thank you Alexis for holding up a mirror that reflects our ignorance. A good lesson.

  • @sunnysmiles8211
    @sunnysmiles8211 2 роки тому +36

    1. Misdirection (esp pickpockets)
    2. Time pressure (urgency)
    3. Opportunity (good deal syndrome-something for nothing )
    4. Social compliance (fooled by authority badges/symbols)
    5. Social proof (looking to others to cue behavior)
    In todays tech/social media world, consider that anything we read could be considered propaganda until fact checked.

    • @susettehorspool2646
      @susettehorspool2646 Рік тому +1

      I wonder if "misdirection" is the right word to use (although I realize he did use it). What I've noticed, and what it looked like his pickpocket example did, was to get the target to give you information you wouldn't have otherwise. Like someone who calls on the phone to ask if you have a daughter, then later tells you he has the daughter in his custody and wants money to return her.

    • @sunnysmiles8211
      @sunnysmiles8211 Рік тому +1

      @@susettehorspool2646 maybe something like fishing for information, then using that information against you

  • @yourfavoriteportuguese7701
    @yourfavoriteportuguese7701 4 роки тому +115

    A conman is good in telling stories
    Starts telling a story

  • @amandawittenstein1873
    @amandawittenstein1873 5 років тому +28

    There’s a simple fix for the keypad issue. Always drag your fingers over any keypad you use after you’ve used it. This negates UV activated lights, heat sensing, fingerprints, any sort of keypad that can be used to pick up your information, just drag your fingers over after you’ve finished using it. Particularly useful for stuck ATM card scams.

  • @Jarrettfan
    @Jarrettfan 5 років тому +121

    At 0:58 he switched his hands. He let go, pointed to a lady, put his hands together again but changed the position of his hands.

    • @Nobody-hc1rw
      @Nobody-hc1rw 4 роки тому +9

      Pen&teller viewer detected.

    • @tysongalloway5700
      @tysongalloway5700 3 роки тому +2

      That would’ve been very impressive, had he not explained that later on in the video.

    • @looseunit9180
      @looseunit9180 3 роки тому

      Yup

    • @laaaliiiluuu
      @laaaliiiluuu 3 роки тому

      @@tysongalloway5700 I saw it right away.

  • @anythinginteresting101
    @anythinginteresting101 3 роки тому +35

    Man spent 19mins just to say KNOWLEDGE is a SUPERPOWER and we all felt for it 😭... Pro con this one..

    • @DJBLAZEKE
      @DJBLAZEKE 3 роки тому

      Manze😂😂

    • @RoderBrent
      @RoderBrent 2 роки тому

      Looks like knowledge is not one of your strong points.

    • @timothypeterson9045
      @timothypeterson9045 2 роки тому

      OK, if knowledge is not a superpower, what is it? What's the con?

  • @JP-qb8qx
    @JP-qb8qx 5 років тому +20

    Brilliant. This is the 11th best Ted Talk we have been waiting for years.

    • @Ankitgoyel17
      @Ankitgoyel17 5 років тому

      Which are the other ten

    • @levintilak738
      @levintilak738 5 років тому

      What are top 10

    • @JP-qb8qx
      @JP-qb8qx 5 років тому

      Google or look on UA-cam Top ten Ted talks.

    • @Ankitgoyel17
      @Ankitgoyel17 5 років тому +1

      @@JP-qb8qx I have listened to lots of great ted talks. But the top 10 varies from person to person. If a man is business man for him ted talks on finance will be priority and some one with philosophical mind will rank philosophical ted talks but if we go through all, our perseverance changes

    • @JP-qb8qx
      @JP-qb8qx 5 років тому +1

      @@Ankitgoyel17 there is a list, sorted by view, on Ted official website

  • @oobrocks
    @oobrocks Рік тому +4

    My gf is a con artist….I kept hoping she would change but she doesn’t. Don’t follow my mistake 😢

  • @randomcommenter6825
    @randomcommenter6825 4 роки тому +14

    He did a magic trick then told us people can be manipulated. Didn’t learn much, but the lecture was engaging and he had me conned until I realized this. TED itself is often a glorified con but fortunately I don’t have anything to lose by watching their videos since I’m trying to distract myself on UA-cam anyways

  • @fabriziofederico9487
    @fabriziofederico9487 3 роки тому +9

    5 persuasion tactics:
    Misdirection
    Time pressure
    Opportunity
    Social compliance
    Social proof
    Bernie Madoff

  • @tarponjohn
    @tarponjohn 5 років тому +28

    to be honest with you ...excellent sense of humour ...great

  • @johanneskaiser9997
    @johanneskaiser9997 5 років тому +112

    Con artist made me watch this video

    • @HK-sw3vi
      @HK-sw3vi 3 роки тому

      lmfao, what's you story?

    • @sg3428
      @sg3428 3 роки тому +2

      Is that con artist youtube’s recommendation algorithm?

    • @Rose-oq2hn
      @Rose-oq2hn 2 роки тому

      Who

  • @beboplaplace3762
    @beboplaplace3762 3 роки тому +15

    I've always liked Alex and Paul and Jess from the real hustle and always loved how they showed the gears of the cons and scams. Huge fan and hope we can see more from all 3 of them.

    • @LeviMacdonald-b7c
      @LeviMacdonald-b7c 14 днів тому

      Yes hope it returns 💯 they have there own official youtube channel
      The Real Hustle All episodes on there

  • @thecrazymuzician1
    @thecrazymuzician1 2 роки тому +1

    My heart goes out to all of his survivors. I’m glad that his face is public now.

  • @jaishetty8586
    @jaishetty8586 2 роки тому +2

    One of the best Ted Talks I watched.

  • @brettkeane2662
    @brettkeane2662 4 роки тому +31

    His last name is "Con Ran" he was born for this

  • @victoriaollier2345
    @victoriaollier2345 4 роки тому +11

    I love Alex. Used to watch The Real
    Hustle religiously 😂

    • @flippatheshippa
      @flippatheshippa 4 роки тому +2

      Seriously I watched so much of that show when I was younger and wanted to be like them so bad 🤣

  • @mohamednoor867
    @mohamednoor867 5 років тому +54

    that was the shortest 18 minutes of all my life

  • @LeviMacdonald-b7c
    @LeviMacdonald-b7c 14 днів тому

    Great advice Alexis« 👍

  • @macallanvintage
    @macallanvintage 3 роки тому +13

    Con artists exist only because of human’s GREED.

  • @devantesnell
    @devantesnell 4 роки тому +26

    Am I the only person that was able to notice that he switched his hands the first time watching this?

  • @r.m2192
    @r.m2192 5 років тому +26

    Conned at 0:55

  • @Santu7220
    @Santu7220 3 роки тому +3

    incomplete Donna Eden´s energy technique that we all did as children intuitively. 1min13. Then he untwists his arms and leaves audience hanging. to complete the little energy technique bring your arms in to your chest from underneath with hands this clasped , breathe several times and enjoy the tangible effect of having untangled a few energies.

  • @mathematicsguru97
    @mathematicsguru97 2 роки тому +1

    19 minutes passed like 4, this is true con

  • @mmmmlllljohn
    @mmmmlllljohn 5 років тому +6

    Knowledge is power - I knew a some of these but not all. TFS!

  • @Danformulas
    @Danformulas 3 роки тому +5

    Ja Loka, thanks for sharing

  • @queenofthebutterflies5212
    @queenofthebutterflies5212 3 роки тому +1

    I just got smart today!

  • @LeviMacdonald-b7c
    @LeviMacdonald-b7c 14 днів тому

    The Real Hustle Great show always watched it ..full episodes on there official youtube channel

  • @gaboronem8615
    @gaboronem8615 5 років тому +19

    Notice him swap his hands around after pointing out a lady in the crowd don't know if I would catch it if the camera wasn't fixed on him

    • @Emily-sz7nd
      @Emily-sz7nd 5 років тому +1

      GABORONE M u can assume what he did

    • @MexieMex
      @MexieMex 5 років тому +1

      Classic misdirection, blindingly obvious if you know what to look for, but most people don't. I used to open my mentalism show with it.

    • @gaboronem8615
      @gaboronem8615 5 років тому +1

      I made this comment before watching the video to the end and thought everyone would roast me because he explains it later on in the talk however you guys have been so wonderful
      Thank you
      If you're ever in South Africa I'm inviting you all to my house for a braai

    • @MexieMex
      @MexieMex 5 років тому +2

      @@gaboronem8615 I. I'm going to hold you to that LOL

    • @benjaminvraphael
      @benjaminvraphael 5 років тому +1

      @@gaboronem8615 I'm in South Africa too. Make sure you invite me lol

  • @brasileirokubrusly2
    @brasileirokubrusly2 2 роки тому

    only 4k likes, but one of my favourite TEDxs

  • @pensivethought138
    @pensivethought138 4 роки тому +1

    This needs more views.

  • @davidjohn2795
    @davidjohn2795 2 роки тому +1

    Alex and seen your hand move positions😂😂

  • @conmayn
    @conmayn 5 років тому +30

    You spelled my name wrong

    • @CrimsonHelldrake
      @CrimsonHelldrake 4 роки тому +2

      you've been conned into THINKING that. Are you the man OF cons or the man who gets conned?

  • @mrwoody1413
    @mrwoody1413 2 роки тому +1

    What he did with the flipping your thumbs towards the sky was really obvious to me..
    anyone else?

  • @ricotechnology
    @ricotechnology 5 років тому +8

    This is so inspiring

  • @anitamhlongo4443
    @anitamhlongo4443 3 роки тому +1

    Enjoyed this very much...💐🌸🌺

  • @antonyelten7394
    @antonyelten7394 5 років тому +18

    So you're telling me my mechanic has superpowers?

  • @neocount6397
    @neocount6397 5 років тому +8

    If people are surprised by any of this, I'm in the wrong business.

  • @IamShashi98
    @IamShashi98 Рік тому

    How come this ted talk have less views… ?

  • @davidjohn2795
    @davidjohn2795 2 роки тому +1

    I seen your hand move then😂😂

  • @sahalathp2970
    @sahalathp2970 5 років тому +2

    Thanks for u r valuable information 👍

  • @2tonetony319
    @2tonetony319 5 років тому +28

    3:00
    He forgot to include the biggest con of all. Religion.

    • @corbinfobbs6409
      @corbinfobbs6409 5 років тому +2

      Yeah religion is for blind believers While the books these people read are very useful in this life game

    • @SMaamri78
      @SMaamri78 5 років тому +1

      I thought you were going with Obama. But you went with religion ...

    • @TotalTech_
      @TotalTech_ 4 роки тому

      You Sir
      Have earned yourself a thumbs up from me

  • @mmmk1616
    @mmmk1616 5 років тому +3

    What an excellent talk! Thank you!

  • @mohdasifbiotech
    @mohdasifbiotech 5 років тому +1

    First moment is tremendous

  • @lolagumolova8828
    @lolagumolova8828 3 роки тому +2

    Firms like Brody and Kling in Washington DC often use kidnapping-like techniques to force untenable negotiations by noncustodial parents. Some end in tragedy. These techniques should be applied in child custody negotiations.

  • @zaydenn9648
    @zaydenn9648 4 роки тому +2

    one of the best, got me laughing a few times.

  • @ayushmansharma49
    @ayushmansharma49 5 років тому +3

    I'm victim of con artist

    • @90soriginalsbaby59
      @90soriginalsbaby59 4 роки тому

      Me too and instagram scammer named kontefxtrading told me I could earn thousands sent him £500 in Bitcoin now he wants a £650 fee to upgrade my account funny thing is I don’t think my money went anywhere😔😔

  • @georgehowelliii5666
    @georgehowelliii5666 3 роки тому +3

    Very good class: I really learned something!

  • @juliewake4585
    @juliewake4585 5 років тому

    Proof if proof were needed that knowledge is always a good idea.

  • @supers1057
    @supers1057 3 роки тому +2

    Forgot to say: ..same as religion!

  • @Robert-dl6fq
    @Robert-dl6fq 5 років тому +20

    Get psychology in to school

  • @sushilthakur4325
    @sushilthakur4325 2 роки тому +1

    Just like ladies doing here
    Excellent work that also conman style to brainwashed 😂😂 0:55

  • @sandeepthoudam38
    @sandeepthoudam38 3 роки тому +3

    I caught him 🧐🧐😬 when he was saying “Just like that lady over there" he turned his hand 😏😏😏😜

  • @amyfullerton5701
    @amyfullerton5701 4 роки тому +5

    i knew he looked familiar

  • @TheVera9966
    @TheVera9966 5 років тому +3

    After the Internet breakthrough, we don't know anymore to who and what we trust in.

  • @cherrytung
    @cherrytung 5 років тому +7

    *What's your superpower?* 🔥🔥

    • @JP-qb8qx
      @JP-qb8qx 5 років тому +2

      Downvoting comments.

    • @mr.h5436
      @mr.h5436 5 років тому +1

      I often see a lady(checkout person for example) and understand why someone fell in love with them.

    • @Palmieres
      @Palmieres 5 років тому +1

      Being able to completely fail at everything in life.

    • @HH-ng3lm
      @HH-ng3lm 3 роки тому

      You

  • @QuantumKingg
    @QuantumKingg 3 роки тому +3

    Shirleen and Ca Bugah🤣

  • @workin4alivin585
    @workin4alivin585 3 роки тому +2

    Grade A skeptic here.
    What's in it for you, sir?

  • @andrewohagan8725
    @andrewohagan8725 4 роки тому

    I was genuinely able to do that wrist twist.

  • @2506JJhudson1990
    @2506JJhudson1990 4 роки тому +1

    His pseudonym in The Real Hustle was Ian (I) Steele. His real name is one letter of conman.

  • @nsimba_777
    @nsimba_777 5 років тому +1

    Watch out! He's trying to trick us!

  • @dianaw9098
    @dianaw9098 5 років тому +3

    I notice immediately that he charge his hands position.

  • @frustratedchild
    @frustratedchild 4 роки тому +2

    Can someone tell me why this video got only 88k views?

    • @janedoe5048
      @janedoe5048 4 роки тому +1

      It may have something to do with the low quality of other magicians TEDx Talks. I seen a few and they come on ad do tricks, never any insights into how they pull off their tricks. They don't disclose their sleight of hand or the mind set of their victims. This man does both, but how are people who have watched the others, or at least some portion of each of the others before clicking the next video, suppose to realize this is the real deal? I almost didn't watch it, except its the day after Christmas, and a Saturday, so news is sparse, so I decided to give it a shot. Glad I did.

  • @PJTWaters
    @PJTWaters 5 років тому +2

    power of con men or weakness of character of the easily led?

  • @rickharold69
    @rickharold69 5 років тому +1

    Interesting! Thx!

  • @georgeobare6289
    @georgeobare6289 5 років тому +1

    Insightful

  • @9jmorrison
    @9jmorrison 5 років тому +2

    Thank you for your information, the headline manipulation is a prime example of seduction.

  • @venuslight6814
    @venuslight6814 4 роки тому +2

    POV: your here from The Real Hustlers

  • @esty8192
    @esty8192 5 років тому +3

    0:55

  • @frenzyfitness313
    @frenzyfitness313 4 роки тому +2

    Perfect

  • @vdmur7952
    @vdmur7952 4 роки тому

    Interesting talk, but did anyone else instantly see the trick he did with his hands?

  • @jaybresk2735
    @jaybresk2735 2 роки тому +1

    I need to learn to scam

  • @brynwhitehead1731
    @brynwhitehead1731 5 років тому

    What do your examples all have in common?

  • @elenabelacastre7789
    @elenabelacastre7789 5 років тому +2

    HIRE THEM, T9 GIVE SEMINARS TEACH THEIR SKILLS, GET THEM AWAY FROM ILLEGAL ACTIVITY!

    • @elenabelacastre7789
      @elenabelacastre7789 5 років тому

      No! Not a good idea? Just study them or do u have some other idea or solution?????

  • @HotGadgetMan
    @HotGadgetMan 2 роки тому +1

    I tought this was going to be an hour long lol
    Interesting Mr Conran used assumptions to sound more appealing. Saying Evryone, and none of us. Well that did not include me. Up to his old manipulative tricks again hehe

  • @mruthyunjaysiddal3613
    @mruthyunjaysiddal3613 5 років тому +4

    Looks like young rowan Atkinson

  • @WWZenaDo
    @WWZenaDo 5 років тому

    @11:39 - yes, that's a particularly bad email, but not for the reason he's mentioned. Ms. Surugaba clearly states that her father was a supporter of Moammar Gadhafi, and despite the current conservatives' use of Russian interference to slither into American political power, I suspect that an ordinary citizen offering aid and succor to a daughter of a loyal follower of an enemy of the USA could easily garner all kinds of unwanted attention from the FBI, Dept. of Justice (if they were doing their damned jobs!), Homeland Security, etc.

  • @BilderbergCEO
    @BilderbergCEO 5 років тому +2

    #1 con: Vote for me

  • @janetpattison8474
    @janetpattison8474 3 роки тому +2

    The topic is really good, but, Not too funny intro. With the hand exercise.

  • @nedargiordano7018
    @nedargiordano7018 3 роки тому +3

    Or the bad women

  • @marcielleb
    @marcielleb Рік тому

    He means UNscrupulous.

  • @jared1862
    @jared1862 2 роки тому

    Conran the Conman

  • @asimsun61
    @asimsun61 5 років тому

    awesome..

  • @firestone7666
    @firestone7666 3 роки тому +1

    Conran the con man

  • @TasteMyStinkholeAndLikeIt
    @TasteMyStinkholeAndLikeIt 5 років тому +7

    Uhhh, we all know the superpower of con men.
    Jeezuz pulled off a con so great, it has lasted 2000 years

    • @lorettagreen6794
      @lorettagreen6794 3 роки тому +1

      Right and that’s why Jeezuz lived in poverty and was killed. I believe the conman you are referring to is named Paul.

    • @RoderBrent
      @RoderBrent 2 роки тому

      @@lorettagreen6794 Pick any name in the buybull for conmen and u won't be wrong

    • @akbarpashtun
      @akbarpashtun Рік тому

      Please proove ?

    • @akbarpashtun
      @akbarpashtun Рік тому

      ​@@RoderBrent please proove ?

  • @Mbuani
    @Mbuani 3 роки тому +1

    Ja Loka 💀

  • @warriordx5520
    @warriordx5520 5 років тому +1

    xD thats a very good superpower

  • @bradr539
    @bradr539 5 років тому +6

    He bookend this speech with his opinion, which you should agree with of course, about Brexit and Trump. They are bad, got it...

  • @abdelazizmahamatadam3206
    @abdelazizmahamatadam3206 5 років тому +1

    And the same time

  • @chattycathydoll
    @chattycathydoll 4 роки тому +1

    After 13 minutes confesses nothing he's said so far is new or not known about. Why not spend those 13 mins giving us that instead then?

    • @alfsmith4936
      @alfsmith4936 Рік тому

      Because a lot of people don't know things that are not new maybe?

  • @nadanada-bi2rs
    @nadanada-bi2rs 5 років тому

    Nice

  • @artsomniacv-logcitybydanie1249
    @artsomniacv-logcitybydanie1249 5 років тому +3

    Taking advantage of people and swindling people is not a superpower it's what scumbag does.
    Just like with men and women in relationships or interactions, it's a convenient embellishment to blame a person that is naive or too trusting 4 their own loss if they get taken advantage of.
    Perhaps this speech is everything that is wrong with our society showing itself through a promoter for those that are lacking who I found a way to make themselves feel great.
    At the end of any day a con artist is just a scumbag and should be beaten into the dirt.

    • @mmmk1616
      @mmmk1616 5 років тому

      Hmm, did you finish the video? He calls many people con artists.

  • @anypish2
    @anypish2 18 днів тому

    guy breathes
    audience laughs

  • @steph4311
    @steph4311 4 роки тому +2

    Everything he’s saying I saw in a movie

  • @minms38
    @minms38 5 років тому

    Imagine getting conned to watch this video.

  • @AndrewBlucher
    @AndrewBlucher 5 років тому +1

    Vote leave was a reputable site?
    Classic misdirection!

  • @v4kira
    @v4kira 5 років тому

    Wow

  • @brucewalters8635
    @brucewalters8635 2 місяці тому

    King Trump

  • @90soriginalsbaby59
    @90soriginalsbaby59 4 роки тому +1

    I was scammed by an instragran conman threw Bitcoin

    • @AUSTIN-ss2zd
      @AUSTIN-ss2zd 3 роки тому

      Why are you on Instagram you wont make any money if you think people care about all your complaints and problems you cant handle.