The Con Man Who Sold The Eiffel Tower For Scrap - The Vault

[@davidrenton]

the encounter with Al Capone, is where he managed to con Al Capone, with Capone being none the wiser, and thinking Lustig was an honest egg, now that takes some Almonds.

[@Fae_van]

"Now that takes some almonds" I'm stealing that

[@havingteawiththedevil]

Almonds. Lol.

[@alicia_hohoho]

I love the way these stories are presented. Thank you for making them so interesting

[@ijent3819]

when you max out charisma and intelligence and feel like doing something bad for a change

[@sloppyjoe2974]

D

[@alial-issa6893]

A Random weeb RODO ROVER DA

[@mrducky6322]

Karma has decreased

[@vive335]

Okay DIO

[@nickgehr6916]

*Back then people hated the eiffel tower, but now a country made a copy of it*

[@ukazap]

Many countries*

[@catgirlsleepy]

Like 5 in china

[@Basketball4life99]

Zenn Lozanno china made a copy of everything lol

[@campkira]

Meh....

[@PuzzleMessage]

I know about the one in Las Vegas and the one in Tokyo

[@CuriosityCulture]

It’s hard to believe that people hated the Eiffel Tower at one point in history..

[@S2Tubes]

Expensive to maintain, ugly, rusting modern art. It's not uncommon for people to dislike giant eyesores that suddenly spring up in their cities.

[@vksepe]

@@S2Tubes Tbf the colour was worse when it was first built. The rusting actually made it look better.

[@carlosandleon]

it's an ugly building tbh

[@Tom19142]

@@carlosandleon indeed is an ugly building. Now, we have the threat of the reconstruction of Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral which could result to an abomination.

[@carlosandleon]

@@Tom19142 No, but I prefer to keep the Eiffel Tower Up. And I hope they do something crazy with the Notre Dame. People need to take risks sometimes and we should really allow a bit more chaos into our lives. The original Notre Dame Spire was an add on in itself in the first place. And reconstructing it as it were would just be boring. Or reconstructing with conservative designs. A modern touch is what I would love to see on the Notre Dame. It's time to take a risk and I'm looking forward to what they're gonna build on it

[@thefloridamanofytcomments5264]

Counterfeiting before home computers and the internet era was absurdly easy. Like, I guess people just believed whatever documents you handed them were genuine. Why wouldn’t they be? 🤦‍♂️😂

[@scene6289]

Its easier back then but you still had to be convincing and a good talker

[@helloitsmewhydoihavetofill9317]

It depends 😁 some security measures (white stamps, seals) would have been harder to imitate, especially if the person on the receiving end knew what they looked like.

[@bee5120]

Unless you owned pamphlet/newspaper printers or had network connections with those that worked in the printing industry back then, the process to counterfeiting was more laborious even if producing the counterfeit product itself was "easier". Printers (as in public print shops like Xerox) were still pretty private and rare in those days.

[@thefloridamanofytcomments5264]

미셜비 I would imagine procuring* hardware or getting a job in a copy shop would be exponentially easier than learning what today amounts to (first and foremost) hacking so that the credentials self-verify. But I see your line of thinking, it could depend largely on the country of origin.

[@xaafuzckers9196]

According to Frank Abagnale, it's far easier now than ever before. He's the guy Catch me if you can was based on (read his book, it's 10 times better than the movie) who works for FBI (and have been for couple decades now) There is a recording of his lecture at some uni or whatever where he talks about his life and it's definitely worth seeing, it is up on youtube somewhere

[@Azuraion]

The funny guy bamboozled the fish guy..

[@TheBlvck1]

So many people missed this 😭😭

[@Azuraion]

@@TheBlvck1 I know! Oh well. :c

[@AN-ou6qu]

I believe poisson means fish in French. Andre Fish.

[@Nerwesta]

You're going to have a lot of laughs if you explore our common French lastname Im pretty sure. 😂

[@almacastillo7907]

Good Job that’s ri͢g͢h͢t͢. S͢a͢l͢u͢t͢.

[@lottieloup6761]

@@Nerwesta qui 😂

[@toastyegg391]

I thought he said “Hotel De *Crayon*” I was like Pencil Hotel?

[@hnggghi]

I thought he said “Hotel De *Crayon*” I was like Pencil Hotel?

[@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache]

@@hnggghi I thought he said "Hotel De *Crayon*" I was like Pencil Hotel?

[@yokootersmellfunky]

@@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache I thought he said “Hotel De *Crayon*” I was like Pencil Hotel?

[@HT-vd4in]

Fun fact: "lustig" is also a German adjective which means funny

[@emrefifty5281]

yeah wouldnt you know Helmut

[@fheedpexx9267]

Same in Swedish... So probably also in Danish and Norwegian :)

[@VoidHalo]

Traum is probably my favourite German word used to derive an English word. It's not a very obvious connection between dreams and trauma, unless you've experienced trauma yourself. I just love the esoteric connection. And etymology in general.

[@andreasdefeuth6737]

In Danish: "Lystig" = Very happy

[@nduffort]

@@a.w8584 yeah, 'lustig' means weird, funny....

[@chironapolonio]

3:26 The Rumanian Box illustrates the underlying fallacy of most scams: If you have a Rumanian Box, then you do not need to sell Rumanian Boxes. "Oh, so you're printing money? Well, good luck with that!"

[@attilak9373]

:) Agree. On the other hand, someone who is fixated to the opportunity of getting lots of money the easy way, he/she will make poor decisions. ... and that fallacy used to be an important part of the story. The con man shows up like someone who doesn't really need money - which is always convincing, plus it's a good starting position in the process of bargaining... (seemingly, he doesn't even want to sell the box).

[@faustin289]

Sounds like my thinking about properity gospel preachers and false prophets that are proliferating in Africa today. Someone asks you money so he can bless you with money? The sad truth is the connery seems to have won everyone around me here. Gid save us!

[@Angelbreeze]

I'm now hooked on this series... anyone else?!

[@Raven-uw2vi]

Lustig means funny in german

[@vharmi.]

Ahmed Oueslati And Swedish :p

[@Noel-wt9qo]

Vharmi Tänkte precis säga det

[@olliegoria]

He sold the Eiffel tower to a guy who’s last name means “fish”.

[@Arabierxo]

@Bootsandcats het is Lustig niet Rustig

[@vvdaniii244]

Who asked..

[@marcelopezao14]

You should make an episode about Naji Nahas, a man who singlehandedly bankrupted Rio de Janeiro's stock exchange.

[@sylvieb9211]

I love this series so much

[@TheLadyDelirium]

Just found your channel. Loving the content. 😊

[@johntremor1078]

*Illusion 100* *Speech 100*

[@infinity-gn9xq]

There's a person in India called natwarlaal who sold Taj mahal to multiple people..

[@angie_8189]

Wait what?!?!??!??! Where do people get all this info from? Hmmm.....

[@a.j.2362]

What is wrong with some people lmaoooo

[@infinity-gn9xq]

@@angie_8189 it's a true story.. He sold Taj Mahal to multiple people saying that govt wants to lease it out coz they are unable to bear the maintenance cost of the monument..

[@vidhi1610]

😂 😂 I was waiting for someone to comment this

[@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache]

@@infinity-gn9xq Is that the guy who could copy people's signatures or smth

[@montanan4007]

Was this the same guy who "sold" the Brooklyn Bridge? Or was that someone different?

[@tococat6065]

Nate The Ace someone else

[@My_Alchemical_Romance]

Nate The Ace that was me. Lol

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

That was in the 1800's

[@asunflower7993]

@@My_Alchemical_Romance lier it was me

[@My_Alchemical_Romance]

@@asunflower7993 Damn! In that case; I've got some ocean-front property in Idaho for sale for the low low. hmu.

[@VoidHalo]

7:18 Even though it has nothing to do with the video, this map is really interesting. I had to pause to find out what the roman numerals are for. And now, so will you.

[@inquiry1346]

Nothing\ Ocean depths

[@arimago]

the Technical Difficulties' "Citation Needed": "Am I a joke to you?"

[@wedotalkaboutwhatarmystand4796]

I just foun this channel now.. And i LOVE it!

[@YomotoSmith]

Legend! To do it once is awesome, but twice 👏👏👏 hats off to the Master

[@krzysztof3261]

Why is his face so small lool

[@wongelfski4681]

Zahary the beard

[@diegodlv1001]

Jeez I was wondering the same thing. Probably his forehead and beard

[@Hanlb]

If your hand is bigger than your face. You have ♋ (Cancer)

[@CorporateShill]

Lawrence Han You killed your own joke

[@45themovement]

Lawrence Han oh... I thought I had 69

[@IamAWESOME3980]

He can easily get a high paying job with such charm but he wants to scam instead.

[@attilak9373]

Which sounds funny, and it is, but it's unlikely to build up that kind of unhealthy attitude and personality just because he himself decided so - for no reason (at least in the case of a highly intelligent and sensitive person who has got some education).

[@Milkpastasoup]

Or start a tycoon

[@bassman9261995]

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 It’s the 10 con commandments

[@topsander]

LOL he took the idea of "I can sell you anything, I just can't transfer the ownership right of objects I don't own" quite literally ;)

[@myolittle]

Besides the storytelling, I enjoy the animation very much!

[@mauritsbol4806]

Me: Casually watching a video about financial crime KZbin: 'Wanna give it a try?' *shows an ad of a new fancy American Express card*

[@The1337Duke]

I am 100% basing the Bard I'm building for a new campaign on this guy. Session one starts i a couple of days, I can't wait

[@bhadnicki4721]

The background music from the start reminds me of ratatouille

[@jackapke8784]

My grandmas maiden name was lustig and today I just found out that he was actually her great uncle. She said the family never talked about him and found out from letters that were left over when her dad passed away.

[@reteroc]

What is the song in the intro?

[@Iayton3ds]

What does Sacrebleu means? I’m French and I have never heard anyone saying that

[@____-pb1lg]

C'est une expression de surprise, of wonder or otherwise. Moi aussi je n'ai jamais entendu quelqu'un le dire au quotidien mais c'est une expression un peu daté, connue mais un peu daté.

[@hayden-ln1li]

You aren’t French because French people say sacre bleu about 7 times a day fact

[@____-pb1lg]

@@hayden-ln1liI am from the north bro, we are wayyyyyyyyy too French if you see what I mean

[@xakries3717]

Great animation!

[@Not-Great-at-Gaming]

4:19 I'm assuming the "Robert Duvall" nickname is a joke. If not, it's one of the biggest coincidences of all time

[@NuSpirit_]

God, I love your animations - please keep them coming :)

[@minhle-qd8qf]

The man indirectly saved the Eiffel Tower

[@ngumlovered7566]

I can’t believe he tryed to sell the Eiffel Tower for a second time😂😂

[@nataliesimpson4239]

Did anyone else feel sorry for the animated drawing of the man who got scammed on the eiffel tower.

[@JCar85]

Also great content, i love your uploads 🤘

[@212025510]

At first, I was amazed that he spoke Czech, but he was actually born in (today's) Czech rep.

[@driftliketokyo34ftw35]

I like the animation style used in this episode.

[@Thedeathfrmabove]

I can’t believe I just heard him say “the a thousand”

[@carlosbanderas4238]

Pretty funny Mr. Lustig. For those who didn't get it. "lustig (German)" - "funny(Englisch".

[@timego2491]

I feel bad for the man that fell for it :(

[@bobcatairsoft5349]

Yo imagine being an irl snap filter lmao

[@idontknowman420]

00:03 bless you!

[@Eli20021_]

Ce français, c'est terrible!! But a good viedo after all

[@rushikeshbarve6234]

Lel

[@lucienlachance8500]

@@aleksander2901 Wait thats dog, so Duolingo is something good either

[@almacastillo7907]

Non! Je aime Français!

[@Eli20021_]

@@almacastillo7907 *J'aime Je parle de sa prononciation. J'aime le français mais c'est très difficile pour apprendre.

[@lottieloup6761]

@@Eli20021_ t'a raison

[@alexal4666]

6:42 why did this animation also make me feel sad

[@CammyVunny]

Please make a video about Dimas Kanjeng Taat Pribadi. He promoted himself as a 'spiritual guru' and he got viral in Indonesia in 2016 or so..

[@Savionsaintprix]

there was a book that i read in school tricky vic about him pretty good i recommend it

[@PureVikingPowers]

He is my relative my mother still had the name Lustig until she married my dad. I found out about Victor Lustig trough grandma she liked genealogy. Fun fact Lustig means funny/jocular, it's a fitting surname for Victor.

[@TheMonyarm]

Well, now I know what my Call of Cthulhu is going to do when he goes back to his home town.

[@KimJongFunny]

Fun Fact: Greed never Pays

[@Riflez308]

Smooth Criminal😆

[@lozoft9]

Now do a bit on the 2008 financial crisis

[@gamepro94z]

Seems like a good movie for Leo.

[@wubcarp3319]

I'm supriesed Mousure Poisson didn't find the whole arangement a little fishy.

[@peggypeggy4137]

🐠Gros 🐠 poisson🐠

[@CammyVunny]

Heyy.. Please make a video about Dimas Kanjeng Taat Pribadi for the next financial scam video. He promoted himself as a 'spiritual guru' and he got viral in Indonesia in 2016 or so.. surprisingly, many people in my country believed him and some even defended him! And i still dont know wether he got arrested or not

[@christopherlee-hudson3283]

Mystery biscuits. oh yeah!

[@niftythelynx]

This guy's face is tiny

[@davidscann]

Tom Scott got to this first in an episode of Citation Needed. Still, very entertaining video!

[@ulriksteenandersen4215]

Yup, I've seen that episode of Citation Needed too.

[@KokoroKatsura]

study of people makes more sense than 'sociology'

[@Sarfnic]

The eiffel tower is godly now

[@THATGUYJT]

This channel full of movie ideas

[@jacenrogue]

I don't understand why some people hated the eiffel tower that's impossible

[@jaredbowhay-pringle1460]

People don't like new and different things

[@Kevin-sy8uf]

It's like times square for new yorkers, we like that is there but is mostly for tourists. You'll find us in bryant park.

[@rhodesianwojak2095]

lol

[@daveotuwa5596]

I have an idea. How about bankruptcy?

[@sparkpass]

The Eiffel Tower is when you're too lazy to clean up the stack of stuff you've made so it just becomes a staple of your room

[@vtheteenagewitch]

An artist 👩‍🎨

[@Sparkle8205]

Poisson means fish in French by the way!

[@vubao4003]

When you said Parisian it's sound like some where in middle east

[@kimiakaidan]

Persia?

[@____-pb1lg]

Good video, bad French but good video.

[@rock3tcatU233]

Nah, bad you.

[@____-pb1lg]

@@rock3tcatU233 :'(

[@mr.bright4905]

The funniest part of it was he asked for a bribe ant that sealed the deal since most gov officials were corrupt so he played the part and got away

[@CSLucasEpic]

I knew all this already. When I tell my friends about this they think I'm lying to them and laugh at me. Sad that I need some internet KZbin channel to be heard.

[@ankushnagdev]

I bet the character of Neal Caffery from White Collar was inspired by this guy

[@laurencehearne3550]

Great video you should Do a video on Bernie Madoff

[@neuroticpizza7663]

Reigen Arataka would totally be able to pull this off.

[@matthewspence7476]

Is it bomb voyage?

[@justicewarrior9187]

I love guys like this

[@Nucleum]

You should check the greatest conman in Portugal and its colonies history - Alves dos Reis

[@donaldjones9830]

He tried to sell it 3 times. His mark got suspicious on the third time.

[@abinyxx]

How do you look so much like Macaulay Culkin?

[@boterham7144]

Abi Nyxx without the whole period of drugs behind him

[@chironapolonio]

I've always found that to be a very funny name: "LUST-ig"

[@gatopsaro4262]

Lustig means "funny" in german .. *literally*

[@raixbox360]

2:09 what is up with the editing? the video looks a little blurry and washed out

[@cina5288]

I love the vault.

[@joshualevi]

Victor was my great grandfather. You have quite a few things wrong with this production. I wish it would be corrected.

[@ezraarriaga8974]

The tiny face omfg I thought it was a filter

[@nikitamiller7119]

THE LOVE I HAVE FOR PARIS IS EXTREMELY HUGE❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@brickman409]

My favorite part of these videos are all the comments making fun of his face

[@itsjetty5163]

brickman409 It’s fucking hilarious

[@sugahobi7653]

I fell so bad for the scrap guy 💔🥺😔

[@rydemk4168]

I thought the study of people was anthropology

[@lordcrackerjakc5573]

Ryde Mk it is, with sociology being the study of how people interact

[@sukhdeepsingh1856]

Do you know about natwaer lal

[@Borisdelmar]

The lighting hello?

[@Lopezzz619]

There's something about this guys eyes that seems off like they're too close to each other lol

[@justins7796]

1:50 to be fair, I look like that all the time

[@ainakharie3154]

He should hired as spy agent.

[@gerardovega7983]

Riyu Tsuha this was the real fucking James Bond. Always got out of a sticky situation lol

[@Pseudynom]

He's a funny guy.

[@Angelbreeze]

Andre Fish (Poisson) ...well that's unfortunate

[@thistlenstar]

I read about this in a French history magazine a few years ago. It's not a commonly known story and your video is totally in accord with the article. In France "Poisson!" is the equivalent of "April Fool!" I wonder if there is a connection. The opinions that I received from French people is, maybe yes, maybe no, or possibly.

[@cwak8121]

Actually nope, poisson doesn't mean april fools in french. Although you're pretty close, since poisson = fish and we say : Poisson d'avril (April's fish)

[@thistlenstar]

@@cwak8121 Yes, maybe I should have been more clear, not equivalent in literal meaning, but equivalent in the expression that someone has fallen for an April Fool's Day prank. Obviously and probably, it could refer to someone being caught like a fish, but, you have to admit it's quite a coincidence. So, it pique my interest. Is Poisson a common surname in France? Some of my French friends have said that they are not sure how far back this particular expression goes. Certainly, if it predates 1925, then the answer is obvious. Thank you for your response.