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Fake supercentenarians have been used by multiple governments in the past to glorify their lifestyle. USSR did the same, claiming that Shirali Muslimov reached
by arnaudsm 5y ago
Fake supercentenarians have been used by multiple governments in the past to glorify their lifestyle. USSR did the same, claiming that Shirali Muslimov reached 168. China also has fake "longevity villages" that draw some tourism.
- nerdponx 5y agoInterestingly, this is specifically posited in the section about insurance fraud. It seems like incentives to protect the scam from discovery kept expanding the longer the scam went on.