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    Victor Lustig (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪktoːɐ̯ ˈlʊstɪç]; January 4, 1890 – March 11, 1947) was a con artist from Austria-Hungary, who undertook a criminal...
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  • Look up lustig or Lustig in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lustig is a surname, and may refer to: Aaron Lustig (born 1956), American film and television...
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    to the 2011 film Goon of which he also acted in. In 2016 he played Victor Lustig in the Comedy Central sketch series Drunk History. During the story...
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    installed. On two separate but related occasions in 1925, the con artist Victor Lustig "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 Victor Lustig. Many of his purported schemes are believed to be myths, making the...
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  •  2016 (2016-12-09) The team talk about a number of famous Scam Artists such as Victor Lustig AKA the man who sold the Eiffel Tower twice and the man who created...
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  • N/A Retellings: Daryl Johnson on the Brooklyn Bridge Jenny Johnson on Victor Lustig Mark Gagliardi on William Shakespeare and the theatre heist of 1598...
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    How to Get Something for Nothing" by Todd Robbins. William McCloundy Victor Lustig New York, Sing Sing Prison Admission Registers, 1865-1939 Cohen, Gabriel...
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  • million) and longest running Ponzi schemes (20 years) in U.S. history Victor Lustig, con artist known as "the man who sold the Eiffel Tower". Gregor MacGregor...
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  • stealing goods under the pretense of brokering sales for their owners. Victor Lustig (1890–1947): Born in Bohemia (today's Czech Republic) and known as "the...
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