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this post was submitted on 10 Aug 2023
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World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.
Wouldn't they have noticed that there were only 3 stories of windows on the blueprint?
Surprising that no one noticed the double prime symbol for inches instead of the single prime symbol for feet. The scammer wass like "well, I didn't lie, you weren't careful enough and it's not my problem!".
There's a Tom Scott video on this, the truth behind it seems murky.
Wow. I hadn't heard of this. What a clever (and shifty) scam.