| 1 |
09/21/2001 |
An Alaska-based Muslim destroyed his own print shop, defacing the equipment with anti-Muslim graffiti |
Michelle Malkin |
| 2 |
10/01/2001 |
An ASU student Ahmad Saad Nasim claimed he was assaulted, with the perps shouting "Die Muslim, Die!" but confessed to making it up. |
Michelle Malkin |
| 3 |
05/30/2003 |
A Nashville Iraqi-American torched his own Chevy truck, blaming a hate crime (it was actually insurance fraud) |
Michelle Malkin |
| 4 |
07/01/2003 |
A Muslim Utah hotel owned burned down his own lodge, falsely blaming local white supremacists |
Michelle Malkin |
| 5 |
03/18/2004 |
Professor slashed tires, shattered windows & spray-painted racist graffiti on her own car |
LA Times |
| 6 |
09/30/2004 |
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 |
The New York Times |
| 7 |
02/06/2005 |
A Cleveland-based Muslim hired an arsonist to burn down his meat store; he blamed bigots but was convicted of insurance fraud |
Daniel Pipes |
| 8 |
03/23/2005 |
A Muslim father-son due blamed anti-Islam bigotry for being put on a terror watch list (but the story was concocted) |
The Oregonian |
| 9 |
05/09/2005 |
A Calif. high school student "faked a series of gay bashing incidents" against herself |
The Los Angeles Times |
| 10 |
08/31/2006 |
A Muslim Ohio-based dad-son duo set their own restaurant on fire, blaming anti-Islam bigots (they were later charged with arson) |
Patrick Poole |
| 11 |
03/02/2007 |
Ada, Okla. woman confesses anti-LGBT hate crime was faked |
Ada News |
| 12 |
11/05/2007 |
A GWU student journalist faked an anti-Semitic hate crime against herself |
MyFoxDC |
| 13 |
10/25/2008 |
John McCain staffer Ashley Todd claimed she was beat up by an Obama supporter, but later admitted making it up |
Huffington Post |
| 14 |
12/22/2009 |
A Democratic activist, trying to create a Tea Party-driven hate crime, smashed the windows at the Colo. Democratic Party headquarters |
Michelle Malkin |
| 15 |
06/11/2010 |
A British Muslim faked his own abduction, blaming racists |
The Daily Mail |
| 16 |
07/08/2010 |
A Ga.-based Muslim set fire to his own mosque in an attempt to create a fake hate crime |
Associated Press |
| 17 |
07/28/2010 |
Two British Muslims claimed bigotry explained being denied entry on a bus, but CCTV footage revealed they were berating the driver |
Daniel Pipes |
| 18 |
11/18/2010 |
An Australian Muslim pulled over for irregular license plates blamed bigotry; police footage showed the cop behaved professionally |
The Daily Telegraph |
| 19 |
08/22/2012 |
Lesbian who reported 'hate crime' attack staged incident, Nebraska police say |
CNN |
| 20 |
10/23/2012 |
A black South Carolina woman wrote "KKK" on the hood of her car and set herself on fire, blaming it on others |
The Monroe Morning Star |
| 21 |
02/02/2013 |
Austrian-Albanians torched their own pizzeria, but tried pinning the blame on racists |
Kurier |
| 22 |
03/06/2013 |
An Asian American Oberlin student defaced a memorial arch with anti-Asian graffiti ("Death to Ch*nks") |
Michelle Malkin |
| 23 |
05/01/2013 |
A liberal blogger at the University of Wyoming threatened herself with rape, framed conservatives |
Campus Reform |
| 24 |
07/25/2013 |
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 |
The San Diego Reader |
| 25 |
08/23/2013 |
'Progressive pranksters' organized a series of fake hate crimes at Oberlin College including anti-gay graffiti and swastikas |
Michelle Malkin |
| 26 |
11/14/2013 |
An imam in the south of France defaced his own mosque with anti-Muslim graffiti |
La Rep des Pyrenees |
| 27 |
11/27/2013 |
A New Jersey waitress wrote an anti-gay note in lieu of a tip on a receipt, blaming hateful customers |
The Blaze |
| 28 |
12/27/2013 |
Report: Man Who Claimed Anti-Gay Beat Down Arrested for Filing False Police Report |
The Daily Caller |
| 29 |
10/21/2014 |
Two Muslim bloggers filmed themselves ostensibly being harassed by the NYPD in a video that went viral; however, it was staged |
The Smoking Gun |
| 30 |
12/27/2014 |
A Fresno, Calif.-based Muslim torched his own mosque, blaming bigots; he was later arrested for arson |
PJ Media |
| 31 |
03/03/2015 |
Gay rights activist's faked his own kidnapping, leading to arrest |
WLWT NBC 5 |
| 32 |
07/01/2015 |
Man Who Claimed Ant-Gay Attackers Carved 'Die Fag' into His Arm Made up Story |
The Daily Caller |
| 33 |
10/13/2015 |
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 |
The Daily Caller |
| 34 |
11/18/2015 |
A black Saginaw Valley State Univ. student made a threat to "shoot every black person I can" |
The Washington Times |
| 35 |
12/30/2015 |
A Houston Muslim set fire to his own mosque, prompting a hate-crime investigation |
The Houston Chronicle |
| 36 |
02/27/2016 |
New York Students Fabricated Hate Crime, Police Say |
Time |
| 37 |
03/11/2016 |
Lesbian Professor Cold-Cocked Her Own Face then Swore Random Guy Beat Her up at Tobey Keith Concert |
The Daily Caller |
| 38 |
03/29/2016 |
A Palestinian reported a Jewish terrorists attacked his family, defacing their house with anti-Arab graffiti; he fabricated the entire incident |
Arutz Sheva |
| 39 |
08/13/2016 |
An Austin man purchased a cake from Whole Foods and falsely claimed it contained a homophobic slur |
The American Statesman |
| 40 |
11/15/2016 |
This Indiana church was defaced with ‘HEIL TRUMP’ graffiti — and is keeping it |
Washington Post |
| 41 |
11/23/2016 |
ANOTHER TRUMP-INSPIRED ‘HATE CRIME’ TURNS OUT TO BE A HOAX |
The Daily Caller |
| 42 |
12/01/2016 |
A 58-year-old black New Jersey man painted anti-black, pro-Trump graffiti in his neighborhood after Election Day |
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 43 |
12/21/2016 |
Arab student at University of Michigan falsely claims someone threatened to set her on fire |
Michigan Radio |
| 44 |
12/22/2016 |
Miss. black church fire was called a hate crime. Now parishioner has been arrested for it. |
The Washington Post |
| 45 |
03/23/2017 |
College ‘Diversity Council’ Admits to Posting Fake Racist Flyers On Campus |
National Review |
| 46 |
04/10/2017 |
Charlotte arson case blamed on“white America” Trump supporters actually set by black man |
Charlotte Observer |
| 47 |
06/26/2017 |
Police Report Contradicts ‘Hate Crime’ Narrative In Milwaukee Attack On Muslim Woman |
Daily Caller |
| 48 |
08/01/2017 |
Jackson LGBTQ rights activist charged with arson |
Fox News |
| 49 |
09/13/2017 |
A Des Moines Muslim started a fire at a mosque, sparking a fake hate crime |
Michelle Malkin |
| 50 |
09/13/2017 |
A Houston Muslim set fire to his own mosque, sparking a hate-crime investigation |
Michelle Malkin |
| 51 |
09/13/2017 |
A New York Muslim who killed his wife falsely blamed "a group of bigots who called the family 'terrorists'" |
Michelle Malkin |
| 52 |
09/13/2017 |
An Ontario Muslim faked an assault against himself, claiming his assailant shouted anti-Muslim epithets |
Michelle Malkin |
| 53 |
09/13/2017 |
A Muslim Indiana State University professor for "fabricating anti-Muslim threats and an assault" |
Michelle Malkin |
| 54 |
11/08/2017 |
A black student wrote those racist messages that shook the Air Force Academy, school says |
The Washington Post |
| 55 |
04/23/2018 |
Racist, anti-black graffiti at Easter Michigan University turns turned out to be painted by a black man |
Detroit News |
| 56 |
07/23/2018 |
Waiter faked story that customer wrote ‘We don’t tip terrorist’ on receipt |
The Washington Post |
| 57 |
07/24/2018 |
A Muslim waiter in wrote "we don't tip terrorist" and blamed a patron, who was banned |
BBC |
| 58 |
08/24/2018 |
Michigan children who claimed white man urinated on black girl and called her names made up story |
AL.com |
| 59 |
10/06/2018 |
Shoelace mistaken for noose causes racial uproar at Michigan State University |
Fox News |
| 60 |
12/01/2018 |
A black college lacrosse player spray painted the N word and death threats -- against himself |
The Daily Mail |
| 61 |
02/12/2019 |
Actor Jussie Smollett claimed 2 Trump fanatics found him at 2 AM, beat him up, poured bleach on him, tied a noose around him, and yelled "This is MAGA country"; turns out he orchestrated it |
CBS News |
| 62 |
02/25/2019 |
A transgender activist burned down his own home, killing his pets, presented it as a hate crime |
Detroit News |
| 63 |
09/15/2019 |
Ex-NFL player accused of staging hate crime, painting 'MAGA' and swastikas on walls of bakery |
NBC News |
| 64 |
09/30/2019 |
Virginia sixth-grader now says she falsely accused classmates of cutting her hair |
The Washington Post |
| 65 |
12/05/2019 |
‘Heil Trump’ and an anti-gay slur scrawled on a church lead to an unlikely suspect - and a hoax |
The Washington Post |
| 66 |
12/20/2019 |
Rantz: Trans hate crime near Seattle? No. She was the aggressor |
KTTH AM 770 |
| 67 |
12/31/2019 |
Kansas police officer claimed a McDonalds worker wrote "pig" on his receipt, but actually he did |
The New York Times |
| 68 |
07/07/2020 |
Oregon Politician Said He Received Racist Letter. He Wrote It Himself, Police Say |
Daily Caller |
| 69 |
07/10/2020 |
Police: Student Who Claimed Racist Notes Were Left On His Car Put Them There Himself |
LaCorte News |
| 70 |
10/02/2020 |
Prosecutors: Not enough evidence to prove Wisconsin attack |
Associated Press |
