# Victor Lustig
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victor lustig (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪktoɐ̯ ˈlʊstɪç]; January 4, 1890 – March 11, 1947) 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.
== Early life ==
victor lustig was born in Hostinné, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary.
The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower… and Tried Again (Ep.80)
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In this episode of The Storytelling Podcast, we travel back to Paris in the 1920s to uncover one of history’s most audacious confidence tricks: Selling the Eiffel Tower. 🎧 Listen to the full episode and step into Paris in 1925.If you enjoy forgotten people, true stories, mysteries,…
The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower: Victor Lustig
In the spring of 1925, six of the most successful scrap metal dealers in France received the same letter on Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs stationery, requesting their presence at a confidential meeting at the Hotel de Crillon. They were told the government had decided to dismantle the Eiffel Tow…
THE MAN WHO SOLD THE EIFFEL TOWER
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The Art Of The Con
The best conmen never have to steal a thing. They just ask, and people hand it over.
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CRIME: Victor Lustig: He Sold the Eiffel Tower Twice
In 1925, a con man calling himself Count Victor Lustig read that the Eiffel Tower was costly to maintain. He took a suite at one of the best hotels in Paris and invited five scrap dealers to a confidential meeting. On stationery bearing a government seal, he introduced himself as a ministry officia…
The Conman Who Sold the Eiffel Tower - Victor Lustig
Victor Lustig built a criminal career around elaborate confidence schemes, false identities, forged documents, and an extraordinary ability to convince his victims that the impossible was real.In 1925, posing as a French government official, he convinced scrap metal dealer André Poisson that the Ei…
The Conman Who Sold the Eiffel Tower - Victor Lustig
Victor Lustig built a criminal career around elaborate confidence schemes, false identities, forged documents, and an extraordinary ability to convince his victims that the impossible was real.In 1925, posing as a French government official, he convinced scrap metal dealer André Poisson that the Ei…
#636 | Victor Lustig: The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower
In 1925, Victor Lustig convinced a Paris scrap-metal dealer that the French government was selling the Eiffel Tower.
His secret was a mixture of official papers, careful acting, and victims too embarrassed to report him.
He later returned to Paris and tried to sell it again.
Victor Lusti…
Victor Lustig’s Eiffel Tower Clearance Sale
In this episode, we tell the story of the conman, Victor Lustig, who convinced a Paris businessman that the French government had secretly decided to dismantle the Eiffel Tower… and that he had the chance of a lifetime to buy it.
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