Lol, I would never make such a dumb statement, that it "never happens in the US". The anglo-saxons seem to be susceptible to this, a few cases were: "Anna Anderson (1896–1984): Famously claimed to be Anastasia Romanov, the youngest daughter of Russia's last czar. She spent decades living off sympathetic high-society patrons and fighting legal battles for recognition before DNA testing proved she was actually Franziska Schanzkowska, a Polish factory worker. Cassie Chadwick (1857–1907): Convinced major bankers she was the secret illegitimate daughter of billionaire industrialist Andrew Carnegie. She leveraged this grand fiction to secure millions in loans, turning herself into a lavishly pampered celebrity before her financial house of cards collapsed. Korla Pandit (1921–1998): Born John Roland Redd, an African-American musician from Missouri who completely reinvented himself as a mysterious, mute virtuoso from New Delhi, India. He starred on early television captivating audiences with hypnotic stares and exotic arrangements, hiding his true identity for his entire career. Tania Head (born Alicia Esteve Head): Fabricated a harrowing, central survival narrative as a World Trade Center attack survivor. She rose to become the president of the World Trade Center Survivors' Network, giving emotional tours and interviews for years before investigative journalists exposed that she was in Barcelona and miles away on September 11, 2001. None of this makes me anti-American or Anti-British, in fact pointing out that these people were defrauded merely observes on the American and British capacity for being easily deceived, it's almost a compliment. It's the deceivers who are obviously in the wrong.
