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In 2015, Kim K posted a picture to Instagram with the caption, "North posted this while playing games on my phone. Not sure why or how she chose it but I’m not complaining! LOL I deleted it so now reposting it myself!"

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Of course, in 2021 that might be possible, but in 2015 Kardashian's daughter North was just a toddler. Fans were suspicious to say the least...

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Rita Ora -

Back in 2014, Rita Ora tweeted, "Dropping my new song monday if this gets 100,000 retweets." When the retweets fell far short, she was quick to retract.

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She posted the follow up tweet, "By the way my Twitter got hacked somebody is threatening to release new music I've worked really hard on." Fans weren't so sure...

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Lindsay Lohan -

In 2015, Lindsay Lohan posted a selfie to Twitter with the caption, "Just received my waist trainer from @nowaistclique!! #LovingIt #majorsituation."

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Only problem was, the photo was clearly photoshopped. Fans were quick to call out the actress for what was a clear attempt to alter her waistline.

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Khloé Kardashian -

In a very strange turn of events, Khloé Kardashian posted a picture to Instagram showing an array of pies she claimed to have baked for Thanksgiving in 2015.

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It was TMZ who ratted her out: they worked out that the pies had been supplied by the Sweet Lady Jane bakery in LA, and that Kardashian had staged the whole thing.

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Britney Spears -

At the beginning of 2016, Britney posted a picture of some delicious-looking corn to Instagram with the caption, "It's honestly too good to be true mmmm."

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Unfortunately for the singer, one follower grew suspicious, Googled "grilled Mexican corn," and subsequently exposed Spears for having stolen the picture from recipe100.com.

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Justin Bieber -

On Christmas Day 2014, Justin Bieber posted a selfie taken in a private jet to Instagram. He captioned it, "New jet for Christmas, and she's beautiful..."

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Again it was TMZ that exposed the singer: their investigation revealed that Bieber had only rented the jet and it was in effect a "really expensive uber."

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Post Malone -

In a 2017 interview, Post Malone said for some reason that his friend, Justin Bieber, had given US$10 million to his church, Hillsong.

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The church's pastor was quick to refute the comments: "I do not know Post Malone and I have no idea why he would say reckless things about our church, which he has never visited. Justin has not given our church 10 million dollars..."

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Kylie Jenner -

In 2018, the youngest sister of the Kardashian-Jenner clan tweeted, "last night i had cereal with milk for the first time. life changing."

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One eagle-eyed follower called Jenner out, reposting one of her Instagram pics from 2013, which showed a bowl of cereal with milk that was quite obviously hers.

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Oprah -

In 2012, Oprah tweeted about how much she loved her Microsoft Surface and how she was using it to buy her Christmas gifts.

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Unfortunately, Twitter was one step ahead on this one and exposed the false advertising with its tag "via Twitter for iPad."

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Kris Jenner -

Of course, whether Photoshop counts as a lie is up for debate, but this example is just too good not to be included in the list. In 2014, Kris Jenner released a cookbook.

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The original momager worked on the book with Gordon Ramsay, and when it came to the photoshoot not only did she Photoshop herself, she also did a serious job on Ramsay.

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Bow Wow -

In May 2017, rapper Bow Wow posted a picture of a private jet to his Instagram, letting fans know that he was on his way to NYC to do a press run for 'Growing Up Hip Hop.'

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In fact, Bow Wow caught a commercial flight to NYC. He was spotted by a passenger on the same flight, who snapped him and posted the picture on Twitter.

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Donald Trump -

When Hillary Clinton beat out Donald Trump in the popular vote by more than three million votes, he claimed that he had in fact won it and there had been illegal voting for Clinton.

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Of course, that was just not true, and Trump was called out all over the place by talk show hosts, news publications, comedians, and Twitter users.

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Roseanne Barr -

In 2018, Roseanne got in trouble for posting racist tweets about Democrat Valerie Jarrett. She was quickly fired from ABC over the incident.

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The actress and comedian tried to blame the tweets on the fact she was taking the anti-insomnia drug Ambien. But followers were dubious that the racism was Ambien's fault...

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Bella Thorne -

In 2016, Bella Thorne posted a selfie to Instagram in which she was wearing a fur coat. When fans were outraged, she assured them it was faux fur.

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Unfortunately for Thorne, some more scrupulous followers tracked down the coat and found it on the Harrods website, where it was described as being made of "genuine rabbit and arctic fox fur from China."

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Soulja Boy -

Followers were quick to call out rapper Soulja Boy in the summer of 2014 when he posted a picture of (quite obviously) fake US$100 bills to Instagram.

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The post was subsequently deleted and the 'Crank That' artist has claimed that the fake bills were for a music video and that he knew they weren't real.

Sources: (Ranker) (BuzzFeed) (TMZ)

See also: Celebs caught with fake social media followers

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