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You ever wanted to just be somebody else?

He was a high society hustler with a flair for spinning lies.

America has a long history of people who've actually tried to do it, like the man who called

himself Clark Rockefeller and successfully claimed to be a part of the Rockefeller family

for more than a decade.

I was in the park walking my dog Lister.

He just introduced himself and it was actually kind of odd because he immediately said

my name is Clark Rockefeller.

There's also Frank Abignail.

Better known as the dude who Leonardo DiCaprio played and catch me if you can, who pretended

to be an airline pilot, a lawyer, and a doctor before turning 22.

A shocking report from Politico says an imposter infiltrated the White House press briefings

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