Victor Lustig (German pronunciation:[ˈvɪktoːɐ̯ˈlʊstɪç]; January 4, 1890 – March 11, 1947)[1][2] was a highly skilled con artist from Austria-Hungary, who undertook a criminal career that involved conducting scams across Europe and the United States during the early 20th century. Lustig is widely regarded as one of the most notorious con artists of his time, and is infamous for being "the man who sold the Eiffel Tower twice" and for conducting the "Rumanian Box" scam.
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VictorLustig (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪktoːɐ̯ ˈlʊstɪç]; January 4, 1890 – March 11, 1947) was a highly skilled con artist from Austria-Hungary, who...
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installed. On two separate but related occasions in 1925, the con artist VictorLustig "sold" the tower for scrap metal. A year later, in February 1926, pilot...
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career. His exploits have been compared to those of Frank Abagnale and VictorLustig. Many of his purported schemes are believed to be myths, making the...
stealing goods under the pretense of brokering sales for their owners. VictorLustig (1890–1947): Born in Bohemia (today's Czech Republic) and known as "the...
in Los Angeles, where he supposedly died in 1938." George C. Parker VictorLustig Hainey, Raymond (8 February 2009). "TV quiz host Stephen Fry duped by...
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received media attention by claiming to be a successful mining tycoon. VictorLustig (1890–1947), "The man who sold the Eiffel Tower. Twice." Richard Allen...
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easily worth fifteen million bucks to watch me put the thing over." VictorLustig Arthur Nadel Bernie Madoff Sam Bankman-Fried Charles Wells (gambler)...
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Natural causes Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis occupation VictorLustig 1947-03-11 Czechoslovakia Pneumonia Con artist, sold the Eiffel Tower...
risked arrest. Black money scam 419 scam George Appo Confidence tricks VictorLustig Green Goods Men Turn to Burglary, New York Times, July 12, 1907 Green...
fraud: Hynek Bílek Milan Brych Jan Drozd Harry Jelínek Viktor Kožený VictorLustig Pavel Minařík Tomáš Řepka Antonín Běla Ivan Jonák Radovan Krejčíř František...
June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014. Velinger, Jan (15 October 2003). "VictorLustig - the man who (could have) sold the world". www.radio.cz. Radio Praha...
18. Born: Geoff Hunt, squash player, in Melbourne, Australia Died: VictorLustig, 57, Austrian-born con artist US President Harry S. Truman announced...
involving counterfeit Pez dispensers. His 2016 book Handsome Devil is about VictorLustig, while the following year's The Spy With No Name is about Erwin van...
on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2007. Shepherd-Barr, Kirsten; Lustig, Harry (November–December 2002). "Science as Theater: The Slip of the Screwdriver"...
of sleazy Kirk Morris on Dear John. In 1989 he appeared in the William Lustig film Hit List as Jared Riley. He appeared as the villainous Cade Dalton...
(January 25 – 28, 1999) The Bold and the Beautiful: Dr. Tim Reid (Aaron Lustig), who was Phyllis Summers' therapist, moved to Los Angeles and helped Morgan...
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