SMF63; Shabsai Tzvi openly declared or accepted the declaration of Nosson of Azah that he was Moshiach. He was initially accepted by wide swaths of klal Yisroel. When he later openly was over isurei kares and then converted to Islam it was clear to all that he was a moshiach sheker. There exists until this day in Turkey a group called the Donmeh who still believe in him. Because of certain secret rites they engage in, they are pesulei kahal and are lost to klal Yisroel.
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