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The Scammer Who Sold The Eiffel Tower (Twice)
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This video recounts the life and crimes of Victor Lustig, a master con man who sold the Eiffel Tower twice and ran elaborate counterfeiting schemes.
From the video
Answers: Who was Victor Lustig and how did he sell the Eiffel Tower?
- Counterfeiting US currency
- Selling the Eiffel Tower
- The magic money box scam
- Victor Lustig biography
What it concludes
- Victor Lustig used at least 45 different aliases to cover his tracks.
- Lustig successfully sold the Eiffel Tower twice to scrap metal dealers.
- Lustig scammed Al Capone by returning his $50,000 investment after pretending a scam failed, earning a $5,000 reward.
- Lustig died of pneumonia on March 11, 1947, at the age of 57.
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