I have a new aquaintance. Practically the first time I had an actual conversation with him, he told me how he grew up in another country, but his family had to make a moonlight flit because of their involvement with the mob, when he was 14yo. His uncle eventually went to prison for attempting to murder his father.
This meant his sister had to give up a promising sporting career where she was already competing internationally.
His accent is "correct" for where he lives now because he was deaf until he was in his early 20s, when he had an implant fitted.
He cousin plays for a Premiership FC.
His Grandad is a very famous decorated war hero etc etc
Loads of really far fetched stories, that if they were true, he surely wouldn't have told someone he's only just met.
But it all checks out with stories in mainstream newspapers when you Google.
So is he pretending to be someone else? I just don't know why he'd be telling me!