| An Alaska-based Muslim destroyed his own print shop, defacing the equipment with anti-Muslim graffiti |
09/21/2001 |
Michelle Malkin |
| An ASU student Ahmad Saad Nasim claimed he was assaulted, with the perps shouting "Die Muslim, Die!" but confessed to making it up. |
10/01/2001 |
Michelle Malkin |
| A Nashville Iraqi-American torched his own Chevy truck, blaming a hate crime (it was actually insurance fraud) |
05/30/2003 |
Michelle Malkin |
| A Muslim Utah hotel owned burned down his own lodge, falsely blaming local white supremacists |
07/01/2003 |
Michelle Malkin |
| A Texas-based Muslim set his own meat market on fire and spray painted "Go Home" on his door; he was later charged with arson |
09/30/2004 |
The New York Times |
| A Cleveland-based Muslim hired an arsonist to burn down his meat store; he blamed bigots but was convicted of insurance fraud |
02/06/2005 |
Daniel Pipes |
| A Muslim father-son due blamed anti-Islam bigotry for being put on a terror watch list (but the story was concocted) |
03/23/2005 |
The Oregonian |
| A Calif. high school student "faked a series of gay bashing incidents" against herself |
05/09/2005 |
The Los Angeles Times |
| A Muslim Ohio-based dad-son duo set their own restaurant on fire, blaming anti-Islam bigots (they were later charged with arson) |
08/31/2006 |
Patrick Poole |
| Ada, Okla. woman confesses anti-LGBT hate crime was faked |
03/02/2007 |
Ada News |
| A GWU student journalist faked an anti-Semitic hate crime against herself |
11/05/2007 |
MyFoxDC |
| John McCain staffer Ashley Todd claimed she was beat up by an Obama supporter, but later admitted making it up |
10/25/2008 |
Huffington Post |
| A Democratic activist, trying to create a Tea Party-driven hate crime, smashed the windows at the Colo. Democratic Party headquarters |
12/22/2009 |
Michelle Malkin |
| A British Muslim faked his own abduction, blaming racists |
06/11/2010 |
The Daily Mail |
| A Ga.-based Muslim set fire to his own mosque in an attempt to create a fake hate crime |
07/08/2010 |
Associated Press |
| Two British Muslims claimed bigotry explained being denied entry on a bus, but CCTV footage revealed they were berating the driver |
07/28/2010 |
Daniel Pipes |
| An Australian Muslim pulled over for irregular license plates blamed bigotry; police footage showed the cop behaved professionally |
11/18/2010 |
The Daily Telegraph |
| A black South Carolina woman wrote "KKK" on the hood of her car and set herself on fire, blaming it on others |
10/23/2012 |
The Monroe Morning Star |
| Austrian-Albanians torched their own pizzeria, but tried pinning the blame on racists |
02/02/2013 |
Kurier |
| An Asian American Oberlin student defaced a memorial arch with anti-Asian graffiti ("Death to Ch*nks") |
03/06/2013 |
Michelle Malkin |
| A liberal blogger at the University of Wyoming threatened herself with rape, framed conservatives |
05/01/2013 |
Campus Reform |
| An Iraqi immigrant in San Diego killed his wife, putting an anti-Muslim note next to her body; he was charged with first degree murder |
07/25/2013 |
The San Diego Reader |
| 'Progressive pranksters' organized a series of fake hate crimes at Oberlin College including anti-gay graffiti and swastikas |
08/23/2013 |
Michelle Malkin |
| An imam in the south of France defaced his own mosque with anti-Muslim graffiti |
11/14/2013 |
La Rep des Pyrenees |
| A New Jersey waitress wrote an anti-gay note in lieu of a tip on a receipt, blaming hateful customers |
11/27/2013 |
The Blaze |
| Report: Man Who Claimed Anti-Gay Beat Down Arrested for Filing False Police Report |
12/27/2013 |
The Daily Caller |
| Two Muslim bloggers filmed themselves ostensibly being harassed by the NYPD in a video that went viral; however, it was staged |
10/21/2014 |
The Smoking Gun |
| A Fresno, Calif.-based Muslim torched his own mosque, blaming bigots; he was later arrested for arson |
12/27/2014 |
PJ Media |
| Gay rights activist's faked his own kidnapping, leading to arrest |
03/03/2015 |
WLWT NBC 5 |
| Man Who Claimed Ant-Gay Attackers Carved 'Die Fag' into His Arm Made up Story |
07/01/2015 |
The Daily Caller |
| A gay man who claimed to have been the victim of a hate crime at a Univ. of N. Dakota fraternity party fabricated his entire stor |
10/13/2015 |
The Daily Caller |
| A black Saginaw Valley State Univ. student made a threat to "shoot every black person I can" |
11/18/2015 |
The Washington Times |
| A Houston Muslim set fire to his own mosque, prompting a hate-crime investigation |
12/30/2015 |
The Houston Chronicle |
| New York Students Fabricated Hate Crime, Police Say |
02/27/2016 |
Time |
| Lesbian Professor Cold-Cocked Her Own Face then Swore Random Guy Beat Her up at Tobey Keith Concert |
03/11/2016 |
The Daily Caller |
| A Palestinian reported a Jewish terrorists attacked his family, defacing their house with anti-Arab graffiti; he fabricated the entire incident |
03/29/2016 |
Arutz Sheva |
| An Austin man purchased a cake from Whole Foods and falsely claimed it contained a homophobic slur |
08/13/2016 |
The American Statesman |
| ANOTHER TRUMP-INSPIRED ‘HATE CRIME’ TURNS OUT TO BE A HOAX |
11/23/2016 |
The Daily Caller |
| A 58-year-old black New Jersey man painted anti-black, pro-Trump graffiti in his neighborhood after Election Day |
12/01/2016 |
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| Arab student at University of Michigan falsely claims someone threatened to set her on fire |
12/21/2016 |
Michigan Radio |
| Miss. black church fire was called a hate crime. Now parishioner has been arrested for it. |
12/22/2016 |
The Washington Post |
| College ‘Diversity Council’ Admits to Posting Fake Racist Flyers On Campus |
03/23/2017 |
National Review |
| Jackson LGBTQ rights activist charged with arson |
08/01/2017 |
Fox News |
| A Des Moines Muslim started a fire at a mosque, sparking a fake hate crime |
09/13/2017 |
Michelle Malkin |
| A Houston Muslim set fire to his own mosque, sparking a hate-crime investigation |
09/13/2017 |
Michelle Malkin |
| A New York Muslim who killed his wife falsely blamed "a group of bigots who called the family 'terrorists'" |
09/13/2017 |
Michelle Malkin |
| An Ontario Muslim faked an assault against himself, claiming his assailant shouted anti-Muslim epithets |
09/13/2017 |
Michelle Malkin |
| A Muslim Indiana State University professor for "fabricating anti-Muslim threats and an assault" |
09/13/2017 |
Michelle Malkin |
| A black student wrote those racist messages that shook the Air Force Academy, school says |
11/08/2017 |
The Washington Post |
| Racist, anti-black graffiti at Easter Michigan University turns turned out to be painted by a black man |
04/23/2018 |
Detroit News |
| Waiter faked story that customer wrote ‘We don’t tip terrorist’ on receipt |
07/23/2018 |
The Washington Post |
| A Muslim waiter in wrote "we don't tip terrorist" and blamed a patron, who was banned |
07/24/2018 |
BBC |
| Michigan children who claimed white man urinated on black girl and called her names made up story |
08/24/2018 |
AL.com |
| A black college lacrosse player spray painted the N word and death threats -- against himself |
12/01/2018 |
The Daily Mail |
| Shoelace mistaken for noose causes racial uproar at Michigan State University |
10/06/2019 |
Fox News |
