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* In ''[[Catch Me If You Can]]'', to throw off Tom Hanks' character, Frank pretends to be an investigator from another agency.
** In a much more awesome variation, in [[Real Life]] the actual Frank Abagnale conned his way out of prison by impersonating an undercover FBI agent that was investigating the prison system(there were really FBI agents doing that at the time).
* In ''[[Indiana Jones and
{{quote| Didn't I tell you not to trust anyone, Dr. Jones? }}
* In ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'', {{spoiler|1=M/Moriarity}} was pulling this off on the whole team.
* In ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'', {{spoiler|Judge Doom}} claims to be after Marvin Acme's murderer, when in fact it was {{spoiler|he}} who committed it.
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* This is a favorite tactic of Michael Westen on ''[[Burn Notice]]''. In the episode that provides the page quote, he persuades a mark to give him access to his stolen painting by telling him that he's trying to protect it from a spy. (Accompanied by frequent [[Sarcastic Confession|Sarcastic Confessions]], no less.) This is a rare non-villanous example. Westen will often go to extremes in these efforts by faking "attacks" by the invisible enemies.
** This was once played for comedy with Sam impersonating a CSI, with all the [[Lampshade Hanging]] necessary.
* In a recent ''[[Chuck]]'' episode, a mercenary hired to rob a CIA warehouse told a guard she was an agent sent there to assist him as they'd received word someone was going to try to rob the warehouse. Of course, her success here may have been due in large part to his fascination with [[Distracted
* This is also frequently done on Leverage as well, usually by Hardion, Parker and Eliot. In one interesting variation, during a mystery dinner theater, they have to claim to be putting on the show while solving the real murder.
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