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#7 The Eiffel Tower Hoax: The Conman Who Sold the Eiffel Tower... Twice

#7 The Eiffel Tower Hoax: The Conman Who Sold the Eiffel Tower... Twice

Update: 2025-08-15
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In the 1920s, one of history's greatest conmen, Victor Lustig, convinced a group of scrap metal dealers that the French government was secretly selling the Eiffel Tower for scrap. And he got away with it. This is the incredible, true story of the man who sold the Eiffel Tower... and then tried to do it again.

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#7 The Eiffel Tower Hoax: The Conman Who Sold the Eiffel Tower... Twice

#7 The Eiffel Tower Hoax: The Conman Who Sold the Eiffel Tower... Twice

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