Thread by @MeanwhileIPaint, We frequently hear "oh a man would never pretend to be a [...]

We frequently hear "oh a man would never pretend to be a woman" so I thought it would be fun to make a list of things men have pretended to be to get X (usually but not always access to women and children). Spoiler: it's not fun. But here we go!

MEN PRETENDING TO BE THINGS:

AN AMERICAN COP. https://patch.com/colorado/across-co/man-pretends-be-police-officer-colorado-jeffco-sheriff

Man Pretends To Be Police Officer, But Driver Doesn't Believe It

A man flashed a fake badge and motioned for a driver to pull over, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said.

https://patch.com/colorado/across-co/man-pretends-be-police-officer-colorado-jeffco-sheriff

A CANADIAN COP. https://news.sky.com/story/suspected-gunman-pretending-to-be-police-officer-arrested-after-several-people-shot-11975611

Police officer among the dead after rampage by man pretending to be cop

The suspect was reportedly shot dead by police at a petrol station near the city of Halifax.

https://news.sky.com/story/suspected-gunman-pretending-to-be-police-officer-arrested-after-several-people-shot-11975611

AN AMERICAN GENITAL-TOUCHING COP. https://fox56.com/news/local/police-man-pretends-to-be-cop-turns-out-to-be-registered-sex-offender

POLICE: Man pretends to be cop, turns out to be registered sex offender

26-year-old Zackary Kizer has been arrested after police say he was impersonating a cop and sexually harassing a student at Kings College. On February 28, Kizer allegedly pretended to be a cop in a...

https://fox56.com/news/local/police-man-pretends-to-be-cop-turns-out-to-be-registered-sex-offender

AN UBER DRIVER. https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2020/02/man-pretends-to-be-uber-driver-sexually-assaults-woman-police-say-overnight-news-links.html

Man pretends to be Uber driver, sexually assaults woman, police say: Overnight News Links

A roundup of stories from cleveland.com and around Northeast Ohio.

https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2020/02/man-pretends-to-be-uber-driver-sexually-assaults-woman-police-say-overnight-news-links.html

GAY. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-convicted-of-raping-woman-who-he-allegedly-befriended-by-pretending-to-be-gay/

Man convicted of raping woman who he allegedly befriended by pretending to be gay

During the rape the man told the victim that, "if she fought or screamed, 'I will get my boys to come in and hold you down,'" the district attorney's office said in a statement.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-convicted-of-raping-woman-who-he-allegedly-befriended-by-pretending-to-be-gay/

METHOD MAN, RZA, AND/OR GHOSTFACE KILLAH. https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/florida-man-pretended-to-be-part-of-wu-tang-clan-in-massive-fraud-scheme-feds/2191213/

Florida Man Pretends To Be Part of Rap Group Wu-Tang Clan in Fraud Scheme: Feds

A North Florida man found himself behind bars after he was accused of using stolen credit cards for luxury car and hotel rentals while pretending to be part of legendary rap group the Wu-Tang Clan.

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/florida-man-pretended-to-be-part-of-wu-tang-clan-in-massive-fraud-scheme-feds/2191213/

POLISH PRIESTS. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-01-01/corpus-christi-delves-into-fake-priest-trend-in-poland

Scammers or spiritually motivated, fake priests figure in Poland's 'Corpus Christi'

'Corpus Christi' director Jan Komasa and writer Mateusz Pacewicz were fascinated by the cases of men pretending to be ordained ministers of the Catholic Church in Poland.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-01-01/corpus-christi-delves-into-fake-priest-trend-in-poland

A CANADIAN PRIEST. https://edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/man-pretending-to-be-priest-re-arrested-on-more-child-exploitation-charges

Man pretending to be priest re-arrested on more child exploitation charges

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/man-pretending-to-be-priest-re-arrested-on-more-child-exploitation-charges

LOADS OF GYNECOLOGISTS. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bjgzp3/the-weird-world-of-people-pretending-to-be-doctors-and-getting-away-with-it

The Weird World of People Pretending to Be Doctors and Getting Away with It

It's called 'prestige fraud', and it's terrifying.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bjgzp3/the-weird-world-of-people-pretending-to-be-doctors-and-getting-away-with-it

IN A COMA. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-34424982

Fake coma man and wife jailed

A man who faked being in a coma to avoid a fraud trial is jailed along with his wife for trying to con the courts.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-34424982

MAIL CARRIER. https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2018/01/25/fake-mailman-home-invasion-rob/

Suspect Dressed As Mailman Robs Victim At Gunpoint In Front Of Son

Police are looking for four suspects in connection with a fake letter carrier home invasion and robbery in the Olney section of Philadelphia.

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2018/01/25/fake-mailman-home-invasion-rob/

UBER AGAIN. https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2020/01/09/man-pretending-be-an-uber-driver-kidnapped-raped-woman-prosecutors-say/

A man pretending to be an Uber driver kidnapped and raped a woman, prosecutors say

The man is the brother of Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell, who said she is praying for the victim and trusting the judicial process to ensure that justice is served.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2020/01/09/man-pretending-be-an-uber-driver-kidnapped-raped-woman-prosecutors-say/

SO MANY COPS. https://wjla.com/news/local/police-man-pretends-cop-sexually-abuses-woman-dating-app

Police: Man pretends to be a cop, then sexually abuses a woman he met on a dating app

DISTRICT HEIGHTS, Md. (WJLA) - A District Heights man has been arrested after he allegedly pretended to be a police officer then proceeded to sexually assault a woman after meeting her on a dating...

https://wjla.com/news/local/police-man-pretends-cop-sexually-abuses-woman-dating-app

FEMALE RAPE VICTIM. https://babe.net/2018/08/09/guy-pretends-to-be-raped-74831

Man pretends to be a female rape victim to manipulate women

It’s chilling

https://babe.net/2018/08/09/guy-pretends-to-be-raped-74831

GOOD SAMARITAN. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/world/europe/reynhard-sinaga-rape.html

Britain’s ‘Most Prolific Rapist’ Is Jailed for Life

Reynhard Sinaga had been found guilty of drugging and raping 48 men in Manchester. Detectives have so far failed to identify 70 victims and are still looking to speak to them.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/world/europe/reynhard-sinaga-rape.html

SERIOUSLY SO MANY COPS. https://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/man-pretends-be-cop-rape-girl-16

Man pretends to be cop to rape girl, 16

He allegedly told a teenage...

https://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/man-pretends-be-cop-rape-girl-16

TEENAGER. https://www.walb.com/2019/12/13/year-old-columbus-man-pretends-be-entice-year-old-charged-with-multiple-sex-crimes/

35-year-old Columbus man pretends to be 17 to entice 14-year-old, charged with multiple sex crimes

A Columbus man has made an appearance in Recorder’s Court to face multiple sex crime charges.

https://www.walb.com/2019/12/13/year-old-columbus-man-pretends-be-entice-year-old-charged-with-multiple-sex-crimes/

BABY MURDERER (WEIRD BUT TRUE). https://herald-review.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/decatur-man-who-pretended-baby-was-left-in-the-cold-gets-18-months-in-prison/article_775681d4-eeba-56c8-9340-3eaab39b4cb3.html

Decatur man who pretended baby was left in the cold gets 18 months in prison

Authorities said Norman L. Gates refused to hand a 6-month-old baby left in his care back to its mother and at one point pretended he had left the baby outside

https://herald-review.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/decatur-man-who-pretended-baby-was-left-in-the-cold-gets-18-months-in-prison/article_775681d4-eeba-56c8-9340-3eaab39b4cb3.html

REALLY, POLICE WTF. https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-bd-md-ci-rape-case-follow-20190612-story.html

Shock Trauma guard charged with raping a woman in Baltimore has impersonated police officer before

When Baltimore County Police officers stopped Richard Barnes for traffic-related violations in 1995, he told them he too was a police officer.

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-bd-md-ci-rape-case-follow-20190612-story.html

SCHOOLMATE. https://www.abc4.com/news/local-news/north-logan-man-uses-snapchat-to-lure-teen-to-apartment-and-rape-her-documents-state/

North Logan man uses Snapchat to lure teen to apartment and rape her, documents state

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (ABC4 News) – A man lured a 13-year-old girl to his apartment by pretending to be one of her friends on Snapchat and then raped her, according to charging documents. Tris…

https://www.abc4.com/news/local-news/north-logan-man-uses-snapchat-to-lure-teen-to-apartment-and-rape-her-documents-state/

BOYFRIEND. https://www.newsbreak.com/new-jersey/ocean-gate/news/0MIasUMx/nj-principal-dated-mom-to-rape-9-year-old-girl-with-autism-lawsuit

NJ principal dated mom to rape 9-year-old girl with autism — lawsuit | News Break

OCEAN GATE — The principal and superintendent of this borough's single-school district has been accused of raping a girl with autism starting when she was 9 years old. The allegations made in a...

https://www.newsbreak.com/new-jersey/ocean-gate/news/0MIasUMx/nj-principal-dated-mom-to-rape-9-year-old-girl-with-autism-lawsuit

BOYFRIEND. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/la-me-ln-man-gets-prison-rape-impersonation-case-20140508-story.html

Man gets prison in rape impersonation case that sparked new state law

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/la-me-ln-man-gets-prison-rape-impersonation-case-20140508-story.html

TWIN BROTHER. https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Imposter-sex-would-be-rape-under-new-law-13687896.php

Imposter sex would be rape under new bill

If a twin, for example, posed as his brother to sleep with his sister-in-law, he might be prosecuted for criminal impersonation or even sexual assault, but not rape. At least not yet. It has happen...

https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Imposter-sex-would-be-rape-under-new-law-13687896.php

INSTAGRAM FAMOUS. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/florida-instagram-famous-rape-orlando-apopka-robert-brown

A Florida Man Allegedly Pretended To Be “Instagram Famous” To Lure A 17-Year-Old Girl From Texas...

The man is alleged to have paid more than $800 for an Uber to transport the girl from Texas. She quickly realized he wasn’t famous, but felt trapped.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/florida-instagram-famous-rape-orlando-apopka-robert-brown

DISABLED. https://www.wqad.com/article/news/man-pretended-to-be-disabled-to-trick-home-care-workers-into-changing-his-diaper-police-say/526-4b34be30-f3b5-4850-8c2b-8a977cd38dfe

Man pretended to be disabled to trick home care workers into changing his diaper, police say

A New Orleans man has been arrested for pretending to be handicapped in order to have home health care workers change his adult diaper.

https://www.wqad.com/article/news/man-pretended-to-be-disabled-to-trick-home-care-workers-into-changing-his-diaper-police-say/526-4b34be30-f3b5-4850-8c2b-8a977cd38dfe

HOMELESS BEGGAR. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kentucky-beggar-who-fakes-having-disability-earns-100000-a-year_n_5b4f86a7e4b07de723e94b89?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADQUZ9FLPB8CwU1fg_ddNBCH1AMi4ksJrd2FXCwYVWDn_O6HTXuEkSN-0b5TASRA6Z8XVO28UzVcTnOOK8FrBzbMlKr207AlgJmpJARKMn7J1_ImqP8rGC4JwWChlZdNFVr5xfuYCTvbDddUYMdtFKgLAGu03nvhIkZ_505rvMJl

Kentucky Beggar Who Fakes Having Disability Earns $100,000 A Year

A Kentucky man makes a six-figure salary by pretending to be handicapped. Gary Thompson spends his days panhandling in a wheelchair on the streets of Lex...

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kentucky-beggar-who-fakes-having-disability-earns-100000-a-year_n_5b4f86a7e4b07de723e94b89?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADQUZ9FLPB8CwU1fg_ddNBCH1AMi4ksJrd2FXCwYVWDn_O6HTXuEkSN-0b5TASRA6Z8XVO28UzVcTnOOK8FrBzbMlKr207AlgJmpJARKMn7J1_ImqP8rGC4JwWChlZdNFVr5xfuYCTvbDddUYMdtFKgLAGu03nvhIkZ_505rvMJl

SALESMAN. https://abc13.com/man-rapes-woman-with-disability-raped-in-the-woodlands/5886131/

Phony salesman accused of raping woman with disability in The Woodlands

Several residents in The Woodlands reported the man for being "aggressive" while going door-to-door selling magazines.

https://abc13.com/man-rapes-woman-with-disability-raped-in-the-woodlands/5886131/

BLIND. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Kosarev

YOUNG MALE MODEL. https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/574989/Frenchman-rape-Fifty-Shades-of-Grey-Nice-France

Man, 68, faces rape charges after posing as young model for 'Fifty Shades of Grey' dates

A PENSIONER is facing rape charges after pretending to be a young male model who offered women kinky 'Fifty Shades of Grey' dates in the DARK.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/574989/Frenchman-rape-Fifty-Shades-of-Grey-Nice-France

ASLEEP. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-who-tried-rape-young-21596326

Man who tried to rape young girl as mum had cigarette in garden jailed

Mark Jones, 36 from Bromborough, Wirral, said to police that the girl was lying after she told her mum he exposed himself to her and pulled her head towards his groin

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-who-tried-rape-young-21596326

DAD. https://au.news.yahoo.com/man-charged-over-raping-teen-pretended-she-was-his-daughter-085817202.html

Man 'pretended to be teen's dad' before alleged rape

The man allegedly met the 13-year-old girl in Manly before taking her to his home.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/man-charged-over-raping-teen-pretended-she-was-his-daughter-085817202.html

TAXI DRIVER. https://www.taxi-point.co.uk/single-post/2019/05/27/Teenager-claiming-to-be-a-taxi-driver-jailed-for-rape-with-accomplice

Teenage man pretending to be a taxi driver jailed for rape with accomplice | TaxiPoint Taxi News |...

A driver claiming to be a taxi driver who abducted and raped a drunk woman, was jailed yesterday along with a second accused man. Teenager, Abel Muntean, 19,

https://www.taxi-point.co.uk/single-post/2019/05/27/Teenager-claiming-to-be-a-taxi-driver-jailed-for-rape-with-accomplice

WOMAN. https://abc7chicago.com/fake-facebook-profile-used-to-set-up-rape-of-california-teen/5335291/

Fake Facebook profile used to set up kidnapping, rape of California teen

The Madera County Sheriff's Office in California arrested a man Tuesday accused of raping and kidnapping a teenage girl in April.

https://abc7chicago.com/fake-facebook-profile-used-to-set-up-rape-of-california-teen/5335291/

DEAD. https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2020/01/31/mississippi-man-accused-faking-his-own-death-avoid-rape-charges-found-hiding-oklahoma/

Mississippi man accused of faking his own death to avoid rape charges found hiding in Oklahoma

Jacob Blair Scott is now behind bars in an Oklahoma jail awaiting extradition back to Mississippi.

https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2020/01/31/mississippi-man-accused-faking-his-own-death-avoid-rape-charges-found-hiding-oklahoma/

LAWYER. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/09/man-fantasised-murder-rape-killing-teacher-met-plenty-fish-sex/

Man fantasised about murder and rape before killing teacher he met on Plenty of Fish - but NHS...

A man admitted having "violent fantasies of murdering women and raping them" to NHS staff before killing a teacher in a sex attack, but the information was not passed on to mental health workers.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/09/man-fantasised-murder-rape-killing-teacher-met-plenty-fish-sex/

SINGLE. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Married-man-pretends-to-be-single-to-remarry-booked-for-rape/articleshow/53914653.cms

Married man pretends to be single to remarry, booked for rape | Gurgaon News - Times of India

GURGAON: In a shocking incident, a married pretended to be single and remarried another woman.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Married-man-pretends-to-be-single-to-remarry-booked-for-rape/articleshow/53914653.cms

JEWISH. https://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/07/21/israel.rape.by.deception/index.html

SURROGATE FATHER. https://www.dailynews.com/2017/12/07/la-county-man-pretended-to-be-surrogate-father-in-order-to-molest-5-boys/

LA County man pretended to be surrogate father in order to molest 5 boys

He preyed upon the boys — most of whom were being raised by single mothers — by often convincing the families that he could be a surrogate father for the children

https://www.dailynews.com/2017/12/07/la-county-man-pretended-to-be-surrogate-father-in-order-to-molest-5-boys/

HEALTH OFFICIALS. https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/men-pose-as-health-officials-molest-pregnant-women/story-q8ho7nB8Xsx1kC99imH2BI.html

Men pose as health officials molest pregnant women - mumbai - Hindustan Times

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has warned pregnant women to beware of culprits posing as health officials and visiting their houses on the pretext of medical check ups.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/men-pose-as-health-officials-molest-pregnant-women/story-q8ho7nB8Xsx1kC99imH2BI.html

DOCTOR. https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/judge-sentences-provo-restaurateur-for-posing-as-doctor-to-molest-women/article_dc60862b-4f0d-51b1-859f-26336f20f040.html

Judge sentences Provo restaurateur for posing as doctor to molest women

After a jury found a former Provo restaurant owner guilty of pretending to be a doctor and sexually abusing women late last year, a district judge in American Fork handed

https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/judge-sentences-provo-restaurateur-for-posing-as-doctor-to-molest-women/article_dc60862b-4f0d-51b1-859f-26336f20f040.html

ARMY GENERAL. https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/02/13/man-pretending-to-be-an-army-3-star-used-a-helicopter-to-impress-a-woman-feds-say/

Man pretending to be an Army 3-star used a helicopter to impress a woman, feds say

A man pretending to be a three-star U.S. Army general wanted to impress a woman when he unexpectedly landed in a chartered helicopter at the headquarters of a North Carolina technology company last...

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/02/13/man-pretending-to-be-an-army-3-star-used-a-helicopter-to-impress-a-woman-feds-say/

SOLDIER. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/09/08/man-charged-2-m-online-dating-scheme-allegedly-posed-soldier/2255553001/

New Jersey man scammed $2M from women by posing as a soldier on dating sites, prosecutors say

Authorities say the 35-year-old New Jersey man worked with conspirators in Ghana to deceive the victims.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/09/08/man-charged-2-m-online-dating-scheme-allegedly-posed-soldier/2255553001/

A SULTAN. https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-man-made-millions-by-pretending-to-be-a-saudi-prince-2018-5

A Florida man impersonated a Saudi prince for decades, cheating investors out of millions of dollars

Anthony Gignac, who had five aliases including Khaled Al-Saud, pleaded guilty to identity theft and fraud, after living a lavish lifestyle. Gignac has pretended to be a Saudi royal for decades, and...

https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-man-made-millions-by-pretending-to-be-a-saudi-prince-2018-5

CHILD. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/feb/02/usa.suzannegoldenberg

The 29-year-old paedophile who turned himself into a 12-year-old schoolboy

· Accused shaved off body hair and dressed as a child · Accomplices pretended to be grandfather and uncle

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/feb/02/usa.suzannegoldenberg

MORE CHILDREN. https://www.insider.com/here-are-8adults-who-were-caught-posing-as-children-2019-10

A Ukrainian orphan at the center of an adoption scandal might be an adult. Here are 8 adults who...

The actual age of Natalia Grace, the Ukrainian orphan at the center of an adoption scandal in Indiana, remains unknown. But there are several documented stories of adults posing as children.

https://www.insider.com/here-are-8adults-who-were-caught-posing-as-children-2019-10

WASHING HIS HANDS. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/07/18/girl-raped-oklahoma-mcdonalds-restroom-police/1772654001/

Oklahoma man arrested for allegedly raping 4-year-old girl in McDonald's restroom

An Oklahoma man was arrested for allegedly raping a four-year-old girl in a McDonald's restroom Tuesday afternoon while she was on a field trip.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/07/18/girl-raped-oklahoma-mcdonalds-restroom-police/1772654001/

STUDENT LOAN OFFICER. (h/t @Homely_1_Kenobi ) https://www.cps.gov.uk/london-north/news/man-who-conned-student-loans-company-sentenced

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