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How A Scammer Sold Eiffiel Tower Twice
Victor Lustig may have conducted a slew of high-profile scams over his illustrious criminal career, but let's be honest, everyone wants to know how he pulled off the Eiffel Tower job. Where do you even come up with a plan like that? It turns out it wasn't nearly as absurd as you may imagine. He didn't just look at the Eiffel Tower one day and think,“I wonder what if I sold that thing?” No, he got the idea from a newspaper article about the Eiffel Tower, specifically how expensive it was to keep up with the Eiffel Tower each year, which led to an ingenious idea. What if the French government opted to sell it to a private business executive instead of bearing the bill? The tower still costs the French government a fortune, costing them about 1.1 million dollars per year, sure it likely brings in a lot of money for tourists who want to snap a picture of the famous tower so our star of the show Victor got to work, scheming and preparing for his biggest job ever. He started by going to one of his best foragers to get him a ton of fake government stationary documentation to make him appear legitimate. He also conducted extensive research into the price of the Eiffel Tower and other issues made by Parisians throughout the years, after which he arranged for a costly meeting at one of the city's best hotels.
By Classic24712 months ago in Criminal