Tag: French Architecture Swindle
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The Eiffel Tower Was Sold Twice by a Clever Con Man
In the early 20th century, a notorious con artist named Victor Lustig pulled off one of the most audacious scams in history. Lustig, a skilled confidence trickster, managed to sell the Eiffel Tower not once, but twice, to unsuspecting scrap metal dealers in Paris. The Eiffel Tower scam remains one of the most infamous cons…