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/

https://medium.com/@margolestz/in-1925-victor-lustig-sold-the-eiffel-tower-even-though-it-wasnt-his-b41a3863a36f

http://www.angelfire.com/pro/hoaxes/VictorLustig.htm

https://peoplepill.com/people/victor-lustig/

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/photos/the-worlds-smoothest-con-man-who-even-sold-the-eiffel-tower-twice/ss-AArMcBw#image=12

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/photos/the-worlds-smoothest-con-man-who-even-sold-the-eiffel-tower-twice/ss-AArMcBw#image=14

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