Homophobic Invitation Sent to Two Gay Dads Was a Hoax
A birthday invitation with a homophobic message sent to two gay fathers has been revealed to be a hoax.
Unhinged Ex Girlfriend's Viral Blog Was Actually A Marketing Hoax
Classic American love story: Boy meets girl. Boy cheats on girl. Girl discovers infidelity. Girl goes batshit crazy, taking out full page ads in college newspaper and starting whole tumblr about it. Boy grovels. Girl vows continued revenge. Girl turns out to be an invention of a record company promoting a new *bItChEs…
Waitress Who Faked Anti-Gay Receipt Also Lied About Giving to Charity
A waitress who collected thousands of dollars worth of donations from well-intentioned internet denizens after a picture of a receipt allegedly containing a homophobic note that actually turned out to be fake went viral promised to donate her ill-gotten gains to charity. Except it now looks like she kinda lied about…
Idiot Boston Student Upsets Everyone With Fucked-Up Facebook Rape Hoax
The Boston College Confessions Facebook page usually serves as an anonymous forum for BC kids to let off some steam, a place to air their PG-rated unflattering private thoughts in public. Harmless, cheap web therapy. But yesterday, the site posted a confession that's so awful I'm literally shaking after reading it — a…
Woman Told Her Healthy 9-Year-Old Son He Had Terminal Cancer as Part…
A Pennsauken, New Jersey woman named Susan Stillwaggon has been telling friends, family and community members that her nine-year-old son was suffering from Stage Three Hodgkin's lymphoma. Plus she lied to the boy about it. If that first part wasn't fucked enough for you.
Woman Whose Photos Were Used To Create "Lennay Kekua" Understandably…
The epic catfishing
Balloon Boy and His Dad Are Back, Now With a Baby Metal Band
Remember back in 2009 when people across the nation were glued to their TV screens because they thought a little boy (named Falcon) had flown away in a tin foil balloon and everybody just had to see whether or not he fell out of it? Of course, it turned out that the whole thing was a hoax set up by the boy's father and …
The Only Female-Fronted Black Metal Band In Iraq Might Be A Hoax
"They would kill me, and kill all of my friends, by cutting off our heads."
That Story About The Poop Tattoo Is A Load Of Crap
Some crazy tale involving a boyfriend, a cheating girlfriend, Narnia and a poo-tattoo has gone viral, with lots of media outlets claiming that some dude inked shit on his ladyfriend's back when he found out she was cheating. But! The Smoking Gun reports that the story is "Fake. Fake. Fake." Let your friends know. (Also,…
Straight Male Impostor Tried To Get Book Deal As Syrian Lesbian
During his fauxpology tour last week, Tom MacMaster, the straight American man who posed as Syrian lesbian blogger Amina Arraf, told The Guardian that he doesn't regret blogging as the "Gay Girl in Damascus," because, "To a large extent it's almost as though I were writing a novel." We wondered
Second "Lesbian" Blogger Reveals He's Actually A Straight Man
The revelation
"Gay Girl in Damascus" Actually An American Dude In Edinburgh
Last week, the blogosphere reacted with concern over the alleged kidnapping of Amina Araff, "an out lesbian blogger who wrote about her daily life in Damascus, Syria.
Is The Kidnapped Syrian Lesbian Blogger A Hoax?
Activists are calling for an investigation into the alleged kidnapping
Woman Deceived In Fake-Boyfriend Hoax For Two Years
You know how one time in high school you made up a fake boy and IM'ed some girl you didn't like as "him" and asked her out on a date, but then you couldn't figure out how to keep things going so you just told her he moved to Florida? That, on a much grander scale, is what happened to Paula Bonhomme.
Eminem's Daughter Is Not On Twitter
There are many imposters on the internet, but someone did a really good job of pretending to be "Hailie Jade Mathers." Several reports have claimed that Hailie — who is now 15, but was just a wee thing in the 2004 video for "Mockingbird" — is in possession of a Twitter account. Pop Eater claimed the @Angry_Blonde Tweets…
True Love Means $26,000 In Ransom Money
A Spanish woman who faked her own kidnapping told police that she wanted "to find out what her husband would be willing to do for her."
CNN Claims Innocence In Morgan Freeman Death Hoax
The company is "aggressively investigating" the hoax. We can thank someone with the Twitter name @originalcjizzle for starting this whole thing; he later Tweeted, "I had no intention of things turning out this way," and has since deleted his account.
Acid Attack Hoax Prompts Theft Charges, Race Discussion
Bethany Storro now faces theft charges in connection with her fake acid attack
Acid-Attack Woman And Female Fakers Want More Than Just Attention
The acid attack hoaxer
