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Choose a Page:Wired To WinFraudulent FortuneBouncing CzechPlaying The GoatMonkey BusinessDouble DupeMan Of LettersWrong NoteFar-SightedFalse TurningEarly BirdsFake DomeBank FraudAnimal SwindlesDivine InspirationFalse SmileHouse To Let*Spy Duped By Germans* Spy Duped By Germans During the Second World War, Turkish valet Elyesa Bazna (code-named 'Cicero') stole 52 top-secret documents from the British Ambassador and sold them to the Germans for £31,550. It was only after the war that he discovered the money he had been paid was forged. Secrecy was vital for the planning of the D-Day landings in World War II   Previous: Back Book: Horrible but True Section: Unusual Events Chapter: Big Swindles