Top 22 Fake Trends - From Fake ID Machines to Fake Friends (GALLERY)

Fake ads, fake Ferraris and fake ID machines?  Our world is full of fakes, and this trend hunter feature displays 22 fakes worth nothing.  These fake posts were collected over the last year from our global network of trend hunters. 

Being Fake in the Ad World

Fake Prostitutes - Cut Out Signs To Make a Statement (VIDEO)

If you are not a property owner and you fight against the unfair rises in the rents month after month, the solution is knocking at your door: fill the neighborhood with prostitutes! You can do it easily: Make cardboard prostitutes and leave them standing on the corner of every street. In this way th… [More]

Papa John’s Guerilla Ad - Fake Delivery Man in Your Peep Hole

Papa John’s Peru has created viral buzz with its guerilla Delivery Man ads.  The ads, created by Saatchi and Saatchi, consist of a little dude taped to your door.  The catch is that it looks like a delivery man in your peep hole. [More]

Fake Body Parts in Garbage Cans for The Truth Campaign (GALLERY)

There are more lives being thrown away by smoking every month than there are garbage cans in New York City.  To illustrate that point, the Truth campaign dumped fake body parts into dozens of garbage cans throughout NYC.  On each garbage can was a little label that informed users about the cause. W… [More]

Fake Modeling (with Consumers) - Print Out Picture of Levi´s Copper Jeans and Get Published (GALLERY)

Levi’s Copper Jeans are about to be launched and you can get involved in theire campaign if you print out a picture of the jeans and send in your ‘fake modeling’ picture.  This is a fun way to belong to this campaign, In this race to be different Levi´s gives you the opportunity to see how your je… [More]

Fake Car Orgies - Erotika Sexy Shop Ads (VIDEO)

This is one of the cool guerrilla marketing (the low cost unconventional kind) tactics I’ve seen.  The Sex machine ads created by Agency “Leagas Delaney “ Milan, Italy. “A car parked outside of the Erotika sex shop, with all the windows covered by stickers representing hard scenes, looking careful… [More]

Fake Ads - Prankster Gets Fake Gucci Ad Published in Magazine (Mag Gets Ripped Off)

So how do you go about ripping-off Gucci & a national magazine publication for $50,000? Number One: You call up a huge Swiss media magazine that is not too keen in the fact-checking department. Number two: You tell them you want your Gucci two page spread featured in their magazine. Number three: On… [More]

Fake Sexy - The Axe Towel

Sex in advertising is nothing new and Axe brand spray for men is at the forefront. Their latest advertising campaign features a man in a suggestively sexual towel.  Hopefully, I don’t have to spell it out for you. Just enjoy. I want one of these! [More]

Fake Police Car Behind Billboard - IsBank Ad Gets Your Attention

This April Fools watch out for Jokers, they’re everywhere!! If you live in turkey and you pass by this Billboard Ad Created by Isbank don’t be fooled, because the police car hiding behind the billboard is a fake. It makes the passer by decelerate and read the text on the board which is “Pay your… [More]

Fake ID

Fake ID Printer - Persona C30 USB Name Badge Kit

Now, the moment teenagers everywhere have been waiting for has arrived.  The Fake ID Printer! The Fargo Persona C30 consists of a single-sided card printer, USB digital camera, Persona build-a-Badge software, full-color ribbon cartridge, USB cable, 3-pack of cleaning rollers and 100 blank PVC cards… [More]

Incognito Maker - Fake ID Machine

Well we have to admit that we try to conceal our names online from time to time. Whether it’s the software registration or the social networking site, sometimes it’s really hard to create a consistent and creative fake identity online. In this site you get instant fake ids designed to suit your need… [More]

Fake Boarding Pass Generator - Website Proves Gap in Airport Security

Now you can get through airport security with the Northwest Airlines Boarding Pass Generator.  Sounds like fun!  The justification of the site is to illuminate security flaws that would enable any terrorist to bypass security with nothing but photoshop and a little spare time. From the Boarding Pas… [More]

Wearing Fake

Fake Beer Belly For… Beer!

Don’t want to pay $20 for beer at the baseball game?  Just put it in your belly instead.  For just $50, the beer belly lets you bring your beer with you!  The website includes tips and tricks and markets using slogans like ‘Get the Look’. Look, long ago we realized that guys with beer bellies have … [More]

Fakewear - Intentionally Fake Fashion

If you can’t stand how many people have the same Lois Vuitton Purse, or how many of them have the Fake purse, then you are going to love Fakewear.  The premise is that the only thing cooler than getting a great deal on a fake prada or fendi purse, is advertising that it is fake to the world.  I thin… [More]

Corporate Fakes

Fake Online Dating - Online Daters Sue Matchmaking Websites for Fraud

In (probably) the first ever case of Dait Bate, Match.com is currently accused of fraud in a federal lawsuit.  Some of it’s members are angry that they were receiving bogus romantic emails from company employees.  “The company said it does not comment on pending litigation. But Match spokeswoman Kri… [More]

Fake Fan Sites - Sony Fakes Authenticity

Sony faked a PSP fan site in an attempt to market its already popular portable.  Authenticity falls apart when everyone finds out you’re faking it. [More]

Fake Google Store Pops Up in Istanbul

So how do you get attention when all you sell is cloth by the bolt? You name your store Google, slap their exact logo on it and wait for all the cool kids to show up. But what do you do when they get there? Do you yell “Psych!” And then try to sell them something in a nice chintz pattern? I give thi… [More]

Fake Popularity and Good Looks

FakeYourSpace.com - A Place Where You Can ‘rent’ a Friend

Everyone knows social networking is like so hot. But what if you’re not so hot? What if you sign-up on a social network like Myspace.com with high hopes for instant popularity, and you chat, upload, download & blog and nobody cares? What if it’s like you’re stuck in the movie “Never Been Kissed” and… [More]

Fake Webcams for the Ugly

Always wanted to webcam on services like Yahoo and MSN? Holding back ‘cause you’re mugly? Fugly? Or maybe you don’t even have a webcam? It’s no longer a problem! Check out Fake Webcam where you can download a fake webcam and load it with videos that will have you lookin’ good and makin’ you popular … [More]

Fake Products

Fake Gifts - Prank Gift Giving Means Real Boxes. Fake Products

The Onion Store, offers Gotcha Boxes, Give that special someone a gift that will confuse, disappoint and possibly anger. Give it to them in an Onion GotchaBox™. These special gift boxes, printed with fake product graphics and descriptions, hold your actual gifts inside. The victim/recipient will c… [More]

Fake Sushi Fraud - Cheap Substitutes Passed Off As Red Snapper

The FDA is investigating Chicago-area restaurants claiming to be serving red snapper sushi, when in reality they’re serving cheap, imitation substitutes. Suspicions were raised and DNA test have confirmed that fake sushi was indeed being served in at least fourteen restaurants across the city. The p… [More]

iPhone Clones - Available Before the iPhone (GALLERY)

The P168 is not an exact iPhone clone, but rather a rip off that’s virtually identical - and you can buy it today!  The phone even features the same iPhone wallpaper, but I’m sure the manufacturers believe the phone is legit.  Perhaps the most exciting note is that the P168 has preceded the iPhone.
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Fake Terrorism

Teachers Terrorize Students With Fake Gunman Attack

In an attempt to prepare students for the possibility of a gunman attack or hostage taking, a group of teachers in a Tennessee public school staged a mock gun attack on students. Unfortunately, the mock attack was just a little too realistic, and children ended up sobbing, hiding under tables and be… [More]