We all want to find our identity. To capitalize on it. For some, it can take a lifetime. For others, mere seconds. Even if it doesn't belong to them.
There is a subreddit called r/ActLikeYouBelong and it has 520K members. Why so many, you ask? It shares stories, pictures, and videos of people pretending to be someone they're not!
From a man posing as a delivery driver and stealing beer to a girl faking her way into a music festival as a photographer, you'll be surprised how many of these evil geniuses get away with it, too.
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When it comes to inventing or borrowing an identity, I usually think of Frank Abagnale, the guy whose life inspired Catch Me If You Can. But for this article, I decided to dig a little deeper. And I'm glad I did. There have been plenty of fraudsters who have pulled off remarkable stunts and lived to tell the tale.
Take Perkin Warbeck for example. Chances are, you've never even heard of him. But Warbeck was the perpetrator of one of the most audacious cases of identity theft in history.
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Nowadays, enterprises face real challenges, as sophisticated con men utilize stolen identities to access secure accounts or defraud victims of their finances. But Warbeck was way more ambitious. He was aiming at the ultimate target — the British throne.
In the late 15th century, supporters of the deposed Richard III of York persuaded a naive young Warbeck to assume a new identity. The Yorkist loyalists transformed him to become Richard, Duke of York, and true heir apparent to the throne. Beneath this guise, Warbeck began gathering forces to take the throne from the Tudor King Henry VII.
Mom Of The Year Or... Dad Of The Year ?
This isn’t an “evil genius” it’s a mother doing a lovely thing for her son so he wouldn’t feel left out. This one shouldn’t even be on here.
This is creative af, and by evil geniuses, it doesn't mean they're all evil lmao.it just means they're going out of their way to do something forbidden,which is true in this case, cause she's the mother. AI liked seeing this post, wouldn't have seen it without it being on here so I'm glad it's here :)
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Why would schools organise these mum/dad days, assuming every child has both parents around?
I don't know whether they still have these but even in the '90's schools didn't care who you brought. Bring either parent, grandparent, foster parent, much older sibling, etc. It's doubtful she'd be denied entry without the mustache.
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The smile on that kid's face...she mom'd the hell out of this. High fives.
Gendered parent days are from the 1950s. Schools need to do better. So many kids don't have both parents around, or may have two parents of the same gender, or live with grandparents, or whatever. Make everyone welcome.
Exactly. The fact these sorts of days still happen is horrible. Our education systems need to do better.
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That guy in the back in the blue shirt knows exactly what's going on
I work childcare in a school that does this and they are open to anyone coming in. However, it is always asked because the names are not revealing. I do this for my kids and I cant make too lengthy of a name to show inclusiveness it is a step more: Donuts for Dudes and Dudettes, and Muffins for Mr's and Mrs' I apologize to those who dont identify as either -not sure how to put it in the name and not have it so long and keep the repetative sounds.
Fixin's for Families - Lunch with Loved ones? I can see the difficulties, I grew up with a widowed mom, and every daddy/ daughter event ripped my heart out. I still remember the crap I got for crying while being forced to make a fathers day card ( was told I could substitute the word uncle.)
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Does this mean she also had a muffins with mom day maybe? So she possibly got 2 days? And maybe mother's and Father's Day? I ask bcuz so many ppl make a deal about this and single parents. Legit wondering.
You can be certain, V Martinez, that if she went to these lengths to be there for her son at the Fathers' event, she will show up in bling and smiles for the Mothers' event.... She definitely deserves to participate in both events!
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Gender is a construct anyway! 'Donuts with Dad'?! There's no such thing as 'dads' or 'moms' - I could have just as easily been gestated in the body of my 'father' as I was in my 'mother'!!!!!
Actually, Cbus, not really! There is still not a way to gestate human embryos in a male body.... There is no uterus. You have an opinion on everything, which is great, but my opinion is that you need to take more time to collect the facts before forming and sharing your opinion....
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I went to donuts with dad but went as myself and I wasn't the only mom there either. It's wonderful she went the extra mile. I'm sure her son loved it.
I hate mom/dad specific events at schools with a fury that burns hotter than the most fiery pits of hell.
I never really understood the american "with dad" og "with mom" arrangements....
The man on the background in the blue shirt looks like he’s judging. Why isn’t there a male version of “Karen’s” for judgemental nit picky but also giant jerks that will get violent type of men. Like we could call them Jim’s or Phil’s or Jeff’s.
*When you are BOTH mother AND father. You do 💯, and dress the part. (●'◡'●)ﾉ♥
For everyone flipping out about why this is a "Dad" celebration: elementary schools still commonly celebrate Fathers Day and Mothers day. Cuz, ya know, there actually are parents that enjoy that kind of thing. However, in recent times schools normally advertise and encourage that grandparents/legal guardians/other family members are more than welcome to attend for those without parents.
This Lady Was In A Search Party Looking For... Herself!
The ruse was eventually doomed and Warbeck ended up in captivity, but not before his deceit had raised an army of 6,000 men and gathered the support of many European royals of the era.
Some see Warbeck as a stooge of more nefarious minds, however, his story proves that given the right circumstances, identity fraud can get you a long way.
As for Perkin Warbeck, he was hanged in 1499 after a failed attempt to escape.
I Give Y'all Permission Too
If It Was A Popeyes Then I Would Too
Martin Guerre is also worthy of a mention. He was born a French peasant, married Bertrande, the daughter of a well-to-do family, and after eight years together they had a child. At some point during their marriage, Martin was accused of stealing grain from his father and fled town and his family in 1548, never to be seen again.
That is, until a man named Arnaud du Tilh walked into town and up to Bertrande, claiming to be her husband and father of their child.
Bertrande was super happy and convinced that her husband had returned. Arnaud had such a striking resemblance to the real Martin Guerre; even his four sisters believed he was truly home.
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Daron Malakian (Guitarist Of System Of A Down) Pretending To Be A Random Fan And Telling A Magazine How Great The Band Is (1999)
“Martin Guerre”, aka Arnaud du Tilh, lived three years with Bertrande and her son, even having a child together. The townspeople, however, remained suspicious. Eventually, they had raised so much fuss, there was a trial against the imposter after “Martin Guerre” tried to claim an inheritance from his newly deceased father.
The sentence was passed down, but Arnaud du Tilh appealed the verdict and almost convinced the court of his innocence. However, at the very last moment, the real Martin Guerre emerged with a wooden leg and forgotten knowledge of the past.
In the end, Bertrande and Martin’s four sisters attested that it was truly him, and Arnaud du Tilh was sentenced to death by hanging for adultery and fraud in 1560.
The middle ages were wild!
Painted This Mural Illegally During Daytime By Acting Like I Belonged
I put a plastic cover over the ground, installed a ladder and put on painting overalls. The mural is on a trail connecting two neighbourhoods so there were frequent passerby, people walking dogs, etc.. I basically ignored them and kept working calmly. Only one dude tried to call my bluff. He shouted something like ‘hey stop, what are you doing?’, but i didn’t look up and only turned around a few seconds later to pick up a different color, so he assumed i was legit.
Getting Backstage With Wikipedia
The Ol Miss Frizzle Disguise
My Dad Disguising Himself To Get In The Yearbook Twice (1980s)
The Day I Pretended To Be Tmz To Get This Photo Of Tom Hiddleston.
Dad Couldn’t Get A Reservation At A Restaurant, Calls Back Pretending To Be Prime Minister Of Morocco. Gets Best Seat In The House And Signs A Plate For The Chef
Repost? Maybe. Jaw Dropping? Definitely
Snuck Into A Festival Using Bottles Of Water And A Hi Vis Vest
Mad Lad Eats For Free
"Starving college students" is an actual thing (esp. in America.)
Comedian Gallagher Saw Me Signing To My Deaf Son In Front Of The Stage At His Show In Alaska And Assumed I Was An Interpreter For Him. I Signed The Whole Show On Stage (Me Far Left)
A Powerful Weapon In Your Arsenal
Don't do this --> find local event staffing company that does all the big events in your area. Find out what they wear (hint it's usually black pants and some color polo.) Dress the same for free access to concerts, football games etc. Since the venue is hiring a larg number of people through a staffing agency they won't know who you are or if you belong or not. Most employees don't even know the other employees. I never did this, never knew other college kids that did this. It has definitely never worked.
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Back When Aol Was A Thing
Looking Out For Real Brothers
Youtube Streamer Pretends To Play Ufc So He Could Stream The Entire Ppv Without Being Copyrighted
This Kid From My School Is An Absolute Legend. Just Read The Caption Below The Picture.
Got A Job!
Spotted This One Out In The Wild
That Will Be 9.95$ With Senior Discount
Can Substitute Uniform For Clipboard
I Was Cleaning The Basement And Found This. My Daughter And Her Boyfriend Made These And Walked Right Into A Concert. No Questions Asked.
Man Stole $122m From Facebook And Google By Sending Them Random Bills, Which The Companies Dutifully Paid
That reminds of when once Google forgot to pay for it's website hosting and someone just bought the domain name for few bucks, they then paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to the guy who later donated all that money
Nothing To See Here Just A Very Realistic Mannequin
Man Brings Life Jacket, Nerf Guns, And Vacuum To A 2nd Amendment Protest
Commit To The Bit
It's Cold Outside And I Was Tired Of Standing. Found A Pen And Paper And Now I'm With Stats And Press
Snuck Into Vip Section Of A Concert. We Noticed The Special Wristbands Looked Awfully Simaler To Our Water Bottle Wrappers
The Vest Is Really Important
A Few Years Ago I Impersonated A Journalist To Get Into Bernie Sanders' Press Conference For The Release Of His Book, Got On TV, And Then Told Him Afterwards What I Did
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A Scientist That Changed Many Lives And Did What He Loved Until His Death.
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Yeah, confidence, privilege and a lack of morals will get you far in life. Unfortunately.
I lost interest halfway through the list because it’s basically glorifying cheating at society. Yeah, some of them are funny, a few are entirely justified, many are harmless, and the stories are interesting, but I grew more and more irritated with the overall concept as I kept reading. I was cheated out of a career by sociopathic bosses who played the game of “act confident and you’ll win”, and that even involved getting reverse-help from my goddamned Union (who really just helped HR). I literally fought against unethical behavior and lost because management sides with management, my union was corrupt, and the bad guys had confidence, self-entitlement, and arrogance. I ended up with PTSD because of sociopaths being rewarded by our culture instead of being filtered out of society.
I once was refused at a club in Addis Ababa for wearing sneakers. I told the bouncer I was the son of the American ambassador and they let me in.
To me, some of the subjects don’t belong here and all others are completely asshole-ish.
My only ever successful addition to this would be I realised at university when photocopying chapters of books (which was a somewhat sizeable cost at the time) - you could insert your card with credits on it - photocopy a page but as it was doing the copying bit pull out the card - and it wouldn't take money off your card. Hardly the crime of the century but probably saved me a few hundred over 4 years.
Heard a story years ago about some older gent posed as a parking lot attendant at an amusement park or a state park, I don't remember. Word was he was a nice fellow, worked every day with a smile, even stuck it out in inclement weather; people said he was the kindest out there. Then one day he didn't show up and after several days or so, people started asking what happened to the nice old parking attendant. What's crazy is he "worked" there for 10 years or something crazy like that and the park determined this guy made off with hundreds of thousands of dollars at $20 a car.
It was at Bristol zoo in England. Snopes said it was a fake story, Said it went on for 25 years and that the only reason he was found out was because the zoo called the counsel and asked for a replacement parking attendant only to find out the counsel never hired one in the first place.
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I can't remember the names, but I read where, during the increase in IRA activity in Ireland, authorities rounded up a group of rioters and protestors. They were separated into two groups, those who were facing serious charges and those that were considered harmless and were to be released. The leader of the group was on the side of the room with those due to go to prison. When the authorities turned their backs on the two groups, the IRA leader crossed the room and stood with those who were to be released. None of the guards noticed and he walked right out of the room.
lighten up y'all- some of these are just fun to make memes out of. They were all caught.
Perkin Warbeck *was* Richard. There were pretenders before him, including Lambert Simnel who pretended to be the actual former King (Edward V, Richard's older brother) and when he was caught he was given a job at the Palace, lived there the rest of his life. And yet "Perkin Warbeck" was beaten beyond recognition and hanged. Why do that unless he's the real deal?
When the Intu Trafford Centre was nearing completion, I had a few friends working there, who said I should see inside. Not being a busy shopping mall type person, I turned up the Friday before opening with boots on, hard hat on, Hi-viz and a clip board. Walked round for an hour looking at the shiny new mall, not once did anyone question who I was. Been since hated it busy as f*** and a pain to park.
OK So in a similar vein... When I was younger I looked a LOT like the NZ Cricket player Scott Styris. I was walking through town one day when the All Black Captain and legend Richie McCaw happened past me, he looked over nodded at me and said "Scotty" I nodded back to him and said "Richie" and kept going. Hahahaha brilliant
Anyone else get excited when you reach the end and discover there's more :D :D
When I was a kid, my mom said that my twelve year old sister was eleven so that she could get the kids buffet at a restaurant. When I was a little older, I went to my mom's college with her while she took a class and pretended to be a student to into the student only computer lab. I think I was really about fifteen or so. The one my family always did was using my mom's purse to sneak snacks into the movie theater.
Its so easy to hide snacks and stuff. I sneak mine in under my pads, no one ever checks underneath them.
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In college, a friend and I got into a party saying "Patrick and Danny" told us we could come in. The girl even offered us her pass. At the bar we got about 5 orders with the excuse that Patrick and Danny told us we could have free drinks. The last attempt failed as it was the praeses we were talking to. Had great fun nonetheless.
Yeah, confidence, privilege and a lack of morals will get you far in life. Unfortunately.
I lost interest halfway through the list because it’s basically glorifying cheating at society. Yeah, some of them are funny, a few are entirely justified, many are harmless, and the stories are interesting, but I grew more and more irritated with the overall concept as I kept reading. I was cheated out of a career by sociopathic bosses who played the game of “act confident and you’ll win”, and that even involved getting reverse-help from my goddamned Union (who really just helped HR). I literally fought against unethical behavior and lost because management sides with management, my union was corrupt, and the bad guys had confidence, self-entitlement, and arrogance. I ended up with PTSD because of sociopaths being rewarded by our culture instead of being filtered out of society.
I once was refused at a club in Addis Ababa for wearing sneakers. I told the bouncer I was the son of the American ambassador and they let me in.
To me, some of the subjects don’t belong here and all others are completely asshole-ish.
My only ever successful addition to this would be I realised at university when photocopying chapters of books (which was a somewhat sizeable cost at the time) - you could insert your card with credits on it - photocopy a page but as it was doing the copying bit pull out the card - and it wouldn't take money off your card. Hardly the crime of the century but probably saved me a few hundred over 4 years.
Heard a story years ago about some older gent posed as a parking lot attendant at an amusement park or a state park, I don't remember. Word was he was a nice fellow, worked every day with a smile, even stuck it out in inclement weather; people said he was the kindest out there. Then one day he didn't show up and after several days or so, people started asking what happened to the nice old parking attendant. What's crazy is he "worked" there for 10 years or something crazy like that and the park determined this guy made off with hundreds of thousands of dollars at $20 a car.
It was at Bristol zoo in England. Snopes said it was a fake story, Said it went on for 25 years and that the only reason he was found out was because the zoo called the counsel and asked for a replacement parking attendant only to find out the counsel never hired one in the first place.
Load More Replies... My dad used to leave his name as Dr. ______ when making a reservation. He was usually seated and served quickly.
I can't remember the names, but I read where, during the increase in IRA activity in Ireland, authorities rounded up a group of rioters and protestors. They were separated into two groups, those who were facing serious charges and those that were considered harmless and were to be released. The leader of the group was on the side of the room with those due to go to prison. When the authorities turned their backs on the two groups, the IRA leader crossed the room and stood with those who were to be released. None of the guards noticed and he walked right out of the room.
lighten up y'all- some of these are just fun to make memes out of. They were all caught.
Perkin Warbeck *was* Richard. There were pretenders before him, including Lambert Simnel who pretended to be the actual former King (Edward V, Richard's older brother) and when he was caught he was given a job at the Palace, lived there the rest of his life. And yet "Perkin Warbeck" was beaten beyond recognition and hanged. Why do that unless he's the real deal?
When the Intu Trafford Centre was nearing completion, I had a few friends working there, who said I should see inside. Not being a busy shopping mall type person, I turned up the Friday before opening with boots on, hard hat on, Hi-viz and a clip board. Walked round for an hour looking at the shiny new mall, not once did anyone question who I was. Been since hated it busy as f*** and a pain to park.
OK So in a similar vein... When I was younger I looked a LOT like the NZ Cricket player Scott Styris. I was walking through town one day when the All Black Captain and legend Richie McCaw happened past me, he looked over nodded at me and said "Scotty" I nodded back to him and said "Richie" and kept going. Hahahaha brilliant
Anyone else get excited when you reach the end and discover there's more :D :D
When I was a kid, my mom said that my twelve year old sister was eleven so that she could get the kids buffet at a restaurant. When I was a little older, I went to my mom's college with her while she took a class and pretended to be a student to into the student only computer lab. I think I was really about fifteen or so. The one my family always did was using my mom's purse to sneak snacks into the movie theater.
Its so easy to hide snacks and stuff. I sneak mine in under my pads, no one ever checks underneath them.
Load More Replies... In college, a friend and I got into a party saying "Patrick and Danny" told us we could come in. The girl even offered us her pass. At the bar we got about 5 orders with the excuse that Patrick and Danny told us we could have free drinks. The last attempt failed as it was the praeses we were talking to. Had great fun nonetheless.
