to pick up other women? Basically "manipulating" these other women by a) appealing to their competitive natures to "out-do" the (unbeknownst) female friends and b) putting them at ease i.e. he can't be too bad a guy/an axe murderer if he's hanging out with other women!
****Uncle - no what you describe is FAR worse....that is very active and direct dishonesty/stealing vs. let another's imagination run wild