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Choose a Page:Wired To WinFraudulent FortuneBouncing CzechPlaying The GoatMonkey BusinessDouble DupeMan Of LettersWrong NoteFar-SightedFalse TurningEarly BirdsFake Dome*Bank Fraud*Animal SwindlesDivine InspirationFalse SmileHouse To LetSpy Duped By Germans Bank Fraud Alves Reiss conned the Bank of Portugal into printing bank notes for his use worth a staggering £1 million. In 1989, Italy’s Banca Nazionale del Lavoro was defrauded of $5 billion. During the Second World War, the Germans used 140 Jewish prisoners to coin £130 million in counterfeit British currency. In 1873, 4 American financiers joined forces to swindle the bank of England out of £102,000. They used convincing fake bills of exchange.   Previous: Back Book: Horrible but True Section: Unusual Events Chapter: Big Swindles