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* Two episodes of ''[[CSI]]'' featured criminals pulling this ''on the cops'' (with variable success). In "The Finger," a man murders his mistress, then sets up a fake kidnapping to make it look like someone else did it. In "Suckers," a casino security chief arranges a fake murder...which is a cover for the theft of a priceless antique... which is a cover for a heist from the casino's vault... {{spoiler|which is the cover for a massive insurance scam}}.
** In the latter case, while the mastermind doesn't get arrested, Grissom does {{spoiler|give all his evidence (circumstantial at best) to the insurance company. Presumably, they require less proof to deny a claim}}.
* A latter-season episode of ''[[
* In the ''[[Veronica Mars]]'' episode "Rashard and Wallace Go to White Castle", Veronica masterminds a scam like this on a basketball manager who's trying to frame Wallace for a hit-and-run, pulled by Wallace, Jackie, and a cop Veronica knows who moonlights as a security guard.
* Used a few times in ''[[The Rockford Files]],'' but the most impressive occurrence was the two-part episode "Never Send a Boy King to do a Man's Job." To describe it wouldn't do it justice, but it involved an entire fake company, a large number of Egyptian-themed movie props, a faked auction of archeological finds, ''real'' race cars, the legendary curse of King Tut, and five faked deaths.
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* "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig's eponymous "Perfect Hoax" back in 1996. For weeks, he stole [[Triple H]]'s valets and caused him to lose numerous matches because of the subsequent distractions. Finally getting fed up with it, Triple H challenged the retired Hennig to a match; Hennig accepted. However, on the night of the match during an episode of RAW, Triple H ambushed Hennig backstage before the match and seemingly injured his knee, preventing him from continuing. Then-Intercontinental Champion "Wild Man" Marc Mero decided to fight Triple H in Hennig's place, putting his title on the line. In the match's climax, Triple H attempted to cheat using a steel chair, but Hennig ran in for the save and took the chair from Triple H... only to wallop Mero with the chair, allowing Triple H to pin him for the title. Afterwards, the duo revealed that the entire debacle was a plan to put the title on Triple H (and return him to a prominent stature within the company), while embarrassing Mero for stealing Sable from Triple H.
** Mr. Perfect was a point man for another one just four years prior. He and [[Ric Flair]] orchestrated a plot to get the WWF Title back to Flair starting at Summerslam 92. [[Randy Savage]] and the [[Ultimate Warrior]] were both fan favorites, but also accused of selling out to Team Flair. Both Flair and Perfect liberally attacked both the challenger (Warrior) and the WWF Champion (Savage) during the match. Warrior won when Team Flair jumped the champion on the outside, but only by countout, meaning Savage was still the champion. Flair beat the Macho Man shortly after this to win the WWF title for the second time.
* This happened a ''[[Good Is Dumb|lot]]'' to [[
** It got so bad that in one match it was lampshaded when Sting gave his valet Elizabeth a can of mace to use in case any of the heels tried to make a move on her. Predictably, she turned around and used the mace on Sting later in the match—only it wasn't mace, it was ''silly string''! This was the only time Sting ever managed to outsmart someone.
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