Regular person Thomas Elliot and a few of his friends made a bunch of strangers at a Virginia mall believe that he was a famous movie actor who fought Spider Man in The Hunger Games, or something. One of Thomas' friends tipped the first domino by screaming something like, "OHMYGAW! It's Thomas Elliot! Can I get a pitcher with you?," and it didn't take long before people started asking him for his autograph without even knowing who in the hell he is. ("Lucky bitch." - Mischa Barton while sitting in the food court of a mall hoping that someone just caught a rerun of The OC on SOAPnet)
After a few minutes of this, screaming girls crowded him, a few people Tweeted about it and mall security had to step in. As far as I know, not one person stepped away from the sheep herd to find out this was a prank by simply Googling the name: THOMAS ELLIOT. (Although, I can't really judge these dumbasses. If I was there, I would've figured Thomas Elliot was the dude who invented English muffins.)