Victor Lustig, the king of scam – Part 2

This article is a continuation of ‘Victor Lustig, the king of scam – Part 1’.

In 1925 he returned to Paris and learns of the problems the city had to meet the costs of maintaining the Eiffel Tower. Posed as a government official and business sent an invitation to six industrial metal. Organized a meeting on the same tower and convinced
of the advantages of purchasing the monument and the benefits to be gained millionaires with this business. Finally, organized a struggle between the six that would bet a lot of money. The winner was a man named Andre Poisson. Victor took the money and fled
to Vienna where he lived like a king for some years.

Especially after his sale of the Eiffel Tower, Lustig convinced Al Capone to perform a business, non-existent, for $ 40,000. Far from spending money that he gave the mobster and put it in a bank for two months after which he returned it with a false note
of apology in which he commented that the business had failed. Al Capone, surprised by the "integrity" of his new partner, sent the sum of $ 5,000 in appreciation for not having escaped with the money. Thus Victor Lustig not only earned the respect of one
of the biggest mafia bosses, but also cheated him.

Several years later, Lustig was caught in one of their scam and sent to Alcatraz Prison, where, as expected, managed to live like a king.

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