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In 1925, a man forged government documents, booked a suite at one of Paris's finest hotels, and convinced a group of successful businessmen that he had the authority to sell the Eiffel Tower for scrap. One of them paid. Then Lustig came back and did it again. This is the story of Victor Lustig — and the one sentence that explains why smart people fall for simple tricks.



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