My name is pretty unusual, but I learned a while ago that there is a multi-millionaire businessman who lives in another state, who has the same first and last names as me, with identical spelling. As far as I know, we are not related. I have occasionally received emails intended for him, which I always delete after explaining this to the sender.
My job requires a security clearance, for which there are periodic re-investigations. This includes a check of police and court records for anything with my name on it.
During my last re-investigation, the investigator showed me a civil court proceeding which had my name listed among the people in the company that was being sued.
I suspected that the person being sued was my rich doppleganger, and I told the investigator about him.
The investigator asked me why, then, did the court proceeding take place here in Maryland?
I told her that I did not know, but would try to find out.
A little internet sleuthing turned up evidence that the businessman - hereafter referred to as “Mr. Shakespeare” - did indeed sit on the board of the defendant company. Although Mr. Shakespeare does live in another state, the defendant company is headquartered here in Maryland, in the county where I live, actually. I also turned up a newspaper article from Mr. Shakespeare’s hometown paper, which included a picture of him.
The investigator was satisfied with this evidence.
I offered to explain all this in a memo, to have it submitted into my file in case a similar mis-identification occurred in a future re-investigation. The investigator said she would be glad to put the memo in my file.
I closed the memo, "In summary: I’m not Mr. Shakespeare - I’m the Dude!"