fake
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A fake recruiter sent them a potential job offer and held a video call about the job before asking them to carry out a standard technical assessment with instructions on the Google Sheet document.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Tourists duped into booking fake stays at 10 Downing Street.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Beyond Ryonex, there exists a universe of algo-manipulating copypastas that concern everything from authentic Afrobeats superstars to fake Asian rappers, international holidays to articles of clothing, legit news items to dumbed-down historical timelines.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
"People will find new ways to have fake filters, and correct certain parts of their videos or pictures," she says.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The only fireplace Danny had ever seen in someone’s house had been at the Finnegans’—but theirs had expensive fake logs that ran on electricity and had flames on a screen.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
Indian authorities raided an operation in Mumbai that faked expiration dates on food products manufactured by PepsiCo, Nestlé, Coca-Cola and Unilever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Median didn’t respond until Monday, first saying it was shutting down its polling operation, then admitting to The Times that the poll was faked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Video blogger Geng Hongwei, a 33-year-old graduate-school dropout, alleged in May that Shanghai University scientists faked data in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
South Korean police are seeking an arrest warrant for a YouTuber who allegedly faked evidence that defamed actor Kim Soo-hyun and fuelled a scandal which ended his career.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
He took off his sunglasses and faked a sad face, those green eyes of his dipping toward me.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
Haynes took the shotgun snap at the 10 and dropped back to the 14 before shooting up the middle, pump faking around the seven and diving into the end zone for the game-winning score.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Some have even resorted to faking influencer deals by posting variations of #ad on their posts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The story of Nicholas Rossi, the US fugitive who came to the UK with a new identity after faking his own death.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Prosecutors have accused Soofer of faking invoices for fresh meals while clients were left to eat breakfast bars, canned beans and ramen noodles.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
His arm was still crooked over his face, and without being able to see his eyes, she couldn’t tell if he might be faking.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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