Do you have a fake name?

No, I don't fake because I am a terrible liar. When I might write an assumed name down on register, it bugs the crap out of me because I knew I lied. Perhaps I need to adopt a completely different name for such occasions.


But if you use a fake name long enough, does it not become who you are and you would no longer be anonymous?

Rosebud

I've never had to fake my identity, but I did have fake names as a kid, for playing around. My friends did too.

I was never under an alias. But if I were, I'd be creative and use something like Elvis Presley's movie character names from two of his movies: Something like "Vince Wells"--"Vince" (first name of his character from Jailhouse Rock), and "Wells" (last name of his character from Girl Happy).

Of course, Elvis himself used to travel under aliases many times later in his career. He used names like "Jon Borrows" and "Dr. John Carpenter" (his movie character name from Change Of Habit).

My fake name is Susan Blair.

When I was a teen my friends and I used to do this all the time. I have not had the need to in quite a while.

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Hmmmm, you might be on to something there

I have used one. I used it to contact an alternative therapy provider after receiving an outrageously misleading "medical" lecture from them. I wanted to know if they offered harmful treatments, and they did. I don't think the fake name was really necessary as the person I contacted didn't know who I was anyway, and the medical school were on my side once they knew what had happened.

No....

I use a series of fake names whenever I reply to 419 scammers. The one I use most often is the Reverend Chris James. He's useful because so many of them appeal to God when trying to convince you.

Yes, Dani Atalla.. In English it's Daniel the gift of God..

Nope.

I have a few, so that if I'm approached later I have an idea of how I met that person.

I mailed in a magazine survey under an assumed name. Sure enough, junk mail started showing up for "Bob Condon" about a year later.

online...just

No, other than my internet usernames.

Hi, I'm Emma Johnson