Lying in Identification
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Question
I wanted to ask, if I am calling to update bureaucratic information at some authority abroad for a property that my wife and I own abroad, which is registered in my wife's name. If the clerk (a non-Jew) asks for my name, is it permissible to answer that my name is my wife's name? And if the clerk is suspicious, is it permissible for me to allay her suspicion and say that I am my wife?
Answer
Hello
It is better for your wife to call, so you won't have to lie.
Source
Keep away from falsehood
(Exodus 23:7)