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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
28th Jan, 2017 10:48:48 PM
Well Bluff the Impostor is the test part
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eroock
Since: Sep, 2012
29th Jan, 2017 01:20:46 AM
Seems to be a mixture of I Am One of Those, Too and Bluff the Impostor. It's not exactly the former because the impostor here knew what he was getting himself into and it's not exactly the latter because the mark did not ask the question intentionally, hence no bluffing. Averted Spotting the Thread could be another possibility.
Edited by eroock
A con artist has assumed an identity that has some connection to their mark—the con artist is pretending to work for the mark's bank or the con artist has claimed to be from the same hometown as the mark, etc.—and the suspicious mark administers a subtle identity test. They ask for a simple piece of information that any honest person would know immediately. The con artist bluffs and unhesitatingly gives a (plausibly) correct answer, even if they happen to be guessing. Happens in both Ocean's Eleven and Catch Me If You Can. In Ocean's Eleven, Damon pretends to be from the Nevada Gaming Commission and Garcia asks after an official who works there. In CMIYC, Di Caprio pretends to have gone to Yale and his fiancee's Yale-graduated father asks after a beloved professor's dog. In both cases, the con artist replies that the subject of the question has died, hoping that the mark isn't knowledgeable enough to contradict.