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    Victor Lustig (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪktoːɐ̯ ˈlʊstɪç]; January 4, 1890 – March 11, 1947) was a highly skilled con artist from Austria-Hungary, who...
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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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  • include the pyramid scheme, the Ponzi scheme, and the matrix scheme. Victor Lustig, a con artist born in Austria-Hungary, designed and sold a "money box"...
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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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    Napier's 2013 album VIP: Very Interesting Persons. William McCloundy Victor Lustig New York, Sing Sing Prison Admission Registers, 1865-1939 Cohen, Gabriel...
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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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  • in Los Angeles, where he supposedly died in 1938." George C. Parker Victor Lustig Hainey, Raymond (8 February 2009). "TV quiz host Stephen Fry duped by...
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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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  •  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 that created...
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    received media attention by claiming to be a successful mining tycoon. Victor Lustig (1890–1947), "The man who sold the Eiffel Tower. Twice." Richard Allen...
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  • Lojka (1886–1926), František Josef's driver during the assassination Victor Lustig, con artist Iveta Lutovská, Miss Universe 2009 Top 10 finalist (Czech...
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    easily worth fifteen million bucks to watch me put the thing over." Victor Lustig Arthur Nadel Bernie Madoff Sam Bankman-Fried Charles Wells (gambler)...
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  • 184 23 Jun 2016 The Brooklyn Bridge Crushing 185 27 Jun 2016 Con Man Victor Lustig 186 30 Jun 2016 John Dillinger's Penis 187 4 Jul 2016 The History of...
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  • Augustus Agar, British commodore, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1968) Victor Lustig, Bohemian-born con artist (d. 1947) January 5 – Sarah Aaronsohn, member...
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  • Natural causes Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis occupation Victor Lustig 1947-03-11  Czechoslovakia Pneumonia Con artist, sold the Eiffel Tower...
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  • 1859) Jhaverchand Meghani, Indian poet, writer (b. 1897) March 11 Victor Lustig, Austrian-born con artist (b. 1890) Wilhelm Heye, German general (b...
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  • risked arrest. Black money scam 419 scam George Appo Confidence tricks Victor Lustig Green Goods Men Turn to Burglary, New York Times, July 12, 1907 Green...
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  • Summer 1939 2019 Keeper of Style: John Murray: The King of Lord's 2019 Victor Lustig: The Man Who Conned the World 2021 Laker and Lock: The Story of Cricket's...
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  • fraud: Hynek Bílek Milan Brych Jan Drozd Harry Jelínek Viktor Kožený Victor Lustig Pavel Minařík Tomáš Řepka Antonín Běla Ivan Jonák Radovan Krejčíř František...
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    June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014. Velinger, Jan (15 October 2003). "Victor Lustig - the man who (could have) sold the world". www.radio.cz. Radio Praha...
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  • 18. Born: Geoff Hunt, squash player, in Melbourne, Australia Died: Victor Lustig, 57, Austrian-born con artist US President Harry S. Truman announced...
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  • involving counterfeit Pez dispensers. His 2016 book Handsome Devil is about Victor Lustig, while the following year's The Spy With No Name is about Erwin van...
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    photogravure Emil Votoček (1872–1950), chemist, composer and music theorist Victor Lustig (1890–1947), con artist known for "selling the Eiffel Tower twice" Hostinné...
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  • Larsson • Marcus Olsson, Halmstad • Mikael Lustig • Rasmus Bengtsson "Agenten: "Varit massivt tryckt på Victor"". "HCM Sport Management - Spelare & klubbar...
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    on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2007. Shepherd-Barr, Kirsten; Lustig, Harry (November–December 2002). "Science as Theater: The Slip of the Screwdriver"...
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  • Archived from the original on March 3, 2024. Retrieved March 3, 2024. Lustig, Hanna (February 6, 2024). "Taylor Swift Released the Track List for 'The...
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  • 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...
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