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10 Commandments for Con Men - The Art of the Prank
From Marcy LaViollette as seen on Lists of Note: "Count" Victor Lustig was a con man of considerable note. Born in 1890, by the 1930s he was wanted by approximately 45 law enforcement agencies worldwide. He had 25 known aliases and spoke 5 languages. He cunningly gained $5k from Al Capone. Better still, in 1925,