A look into scamming from a professional scammer.


Brian Brushwood is a magician, podcaster, author, lecturer, and comedian. He is the creator and host of over 500 episodes of Discovery’s “Scam School." In the show, he teaches the audience entertaining tricks at bars so they can “scam” a free drink from their friends. In 2015, his first full season of “Hacking the System” debuted on the National Geographic Channel.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx