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*[[Arkady Babchenko]], a Russian journalist living in Ukraine who in 2018 faked his own assassination, which was widely reported in the international press, as part of a sting operation aimed at exposing an agent sent to kill him. Babchenko's appearance at a press conference the day after his "death" caused an international sensation.<ref>{{cite news |title='Murdered' Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko is alive |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44307611 |access-date=30 May 2018 |work=BBC News |date=30 May 2018 |archive-date=30 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180530145317/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44307611 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Nicholas Alahverdian]], an American child welfare advocate and convicted sex offender from [[Rhode Island]], purported to have died in February 2020, was found alive by police in [[Scotland]] in January 2022.<ref>{{cite news |title='Nick Alahverdian, suspected of faking his death, found in Scotland, say police' |url=https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/01/12/ri-nick-alahverdian-suspected-faking-death-found-scotland/9188170002/ |work=Providence Journal |date=12 January 2022 |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113041954/https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/01/12/ri-nick-alahverdian-suspected-faking-death-found-scotland/9188170002/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Kim Avis, a busker and market trader from [[Inverness]], Scotland and a local celebrity there. In 2019, he was reported dead in California but in the 2024 [[BBC Two]] documentary, ''Disclosure: Dead Man Running'' reporter and Inverness local Kim Avis uncovered evidence that Avis faked his death to evade charges of sexual assault.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/apr/19/tv-tonight-catching-the-fugitive-rapist-who-faked-his-own-death</ref>
== Conspiracy theories and false speculation ==
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