Sweet little lies! Hilarious snaps reveal people who were caught out telling fibs online
- People from US were caught twisting truth on social media and were called out
- Small clues gave their shenanigans away, and the subterfuges were shamed
- One man claimed he took a selfie stuck in traffic, but was on an open road
Grabbing attention on social media often requires planning and creativity, but sometimes the desire to stand out leads people to embellishments and even outright lies.
Nina Journalist has rounded up some of the funniest examples of people from around the world whose attempts at lying on social media were quickly uncovered by eagle-eyed users.
One dog owner claimed his pet had ripped open a sofa cushion and spread the stuffing all over the floor, only for someone to question how the canine had managed to open the zipper.
Another woman said she didn’t mean to share a selfie on Facebook, but someone pointed out she would have had to go through several steps to post the image and caption.
Elsewhere, a man claimed he’d run 5K in just 10 minutes, despite the fact the world record is 12 minutes.
I Qnot believe! People from the US were caught embelloishing for attention on social media and were called out. One person said on Facebook they got 125 at an IQ test, when the post they shared revealed they actually score 85
After a runner named Rob claimed he ran a 5K in 10 minutes, his friend revealed the World record stood at 12 minutes
A woman coyly pretended she didn’t mean to send her advantageous selfie online, but another person noted she’d had have to go through several steps to share it
This seller from Texas said no pets had been on the grey sofa he was selling on Facebook Marketplace, but people saw his furry feline hiding right behind it
Star Wars actor Mark Hamill denied on Twitter that Watchmen was his favourite movie when a Twitter account made the claim
A boyfriend from an unknown location was caught red-handed when he texted his girlfriend saying he was at home, when she was in the same club as him, standing behind him
Ruff awakening! A pet owner from an unknown location claimed their dogs had torn their pillows, but another pointed out they could have used the zipper and spread the filling on the floor instead
This young man from an unknown location posted a picture of himself on social media claiming he was at a beach, but his friend revealed he was in a field
The sunglasses of this driver, from an unknown location, gave away that he took a vanity selfie on an empty road – despite claiming he was stuck in traffic
A young driver, from an unknown location, tried to pretend he had bought his car himself, but his mother denied it and said his parents paid for the car and the insurance
Deal gone wrong! A seller on Facebook claimed they had never worn the sunglasses they were trying to sell, but someone else pointed out they were wearing them in their profile picture
One girlfriend from the UK tried to pretend she and her boyfriend were both asleep in the picture, but someone else asked who would have been taking the picture
Someone tried to pretend Giant Skulls were found in Mexico, however, they used a picture that won a digital enhancing competition
One person on Reddit claimed this picture above showed their girlfriend’s mother in Italy in the 1970s, but someone noted she could be wearing a modern FitBit
Someone tried to boast about a medical degree from a university that had just opened and whose inaugural class hadn’t graduated yet
Someone from an unknown location took a picture of a supermarket and pretended it was taken in 1979, but another saw the modern drinks brand captured in the picture
Cat got your tongue? One person, from an unknown location, tried to make it look like their cat had stolen their yogurt by dipping its head in thedairy product
A pastry enthusiast from an unknown location tried to convince people they had only gotten double egg yolks from the supermarket, but an expert pointed out there was also double the amount of whites
One woman from an unknown location posted advantageous pictures on Facebook, but another used Google and asked whether she had actually used snaps of the actress Aiza Khan
Awkward! A Facebook user from an unknown location made an excuse to skip a friend’s dinner party and said they were covering for their boss, whose dad had just died. They shared a status, revealing they were not working, and both the friend who had invited them and their boss saw it
A fan pretended Harry Styles had given him $100 to buy him drinks at a Tigers game in Detroit, but the singer denied ever attending the game
One person, from an unknown location, said everyone had read The Great Gatsby in high school, but was forced to admit that was a lie when another quoted the first line of the book and they didn’t know what he was talking about
A Twitter user claimed US actor Seth Rogen had sent them a direct message of Twitter, but the actor denied it
A Starbucks lover from the US pretended the barista had left a flirty note on her iced latte, but someone else appeared to suggest it was a well-known image on the internet
Someone claimed they had baked their phone into a cake, but another suggested they had just taken snaps from a YouTube video
A woman, from an unknown location, pretended she looked exactly like her grandma, but her friend seemed to think she simply added a black and white filter on the same snap of herself
A student from an unknown location shared a flirty message on his Facebook and pretended someone else had hacked his account from the school’s library, but his friend saw he had sent the message from his mobile phone
An influencer, from the US, pretended to be flying in a private jet, but a fan saw him mid-flight
Another person, believed to be from the US, said they never listened to Justin Bieber, but someone noted her username was ‘Bierbersgurl4ever1
A reborn vegan from an unknown location made a statement on Facebook about how they’d never eat meat again, but their friend said they had just been eating a very meaty dinner the day before
A wannabe artist, from an unknown location, claimed they had drawn the rabbit on the left, but a Facebook friend found the exact same image on Google
American director John Carpenter had to publicly deny he was not dead when Rotten Tomatoes wrongly claimed he was
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