235 - Victor Lustig, The Man Who Sold The Eiffel Tower
Victor Lustig is one of the most notorious conmen who ever lived. He grifted around Europe and North America using dozens of aliases and disguises to con unsuspecting people with a series of complex scams. His most famous con is selling The Eiffel Towe...
Do Go On · Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke
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Victor Lustig is one of the most notorious conmen who ever lived. He grifted around Europe and North America using dozens of aliases and disguises to con unsuspecting people with a series of complex scams. His most famous con is selling The Eiffel Tower, not once but twice.
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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/man-who-sold-eiffel-tower-twice-180958370/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-smoothest-con-man-that-ever-lived-29861908/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/victor-lustig
https://uselessinformation.org/lustig/index.html
https://observer.com/2016/12/the-most-profitable-lie-ever-told-in-history/
http://www.angelfire.com/pro/hoaxes/VictorLustig.htm
https://peoplepill.com/people/victor-lustig/
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