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Hey,

I just want to see how many people have lied online. You can give your reasons why you lied.... I totally agree that I lie on the net but it is for my security like age,name and location.

I used to when I used to chat online but now I dont answer the question itself.

Ever heard of people writing lies on the net to make themselves feel better and look more "heroic".

Once I had made a fake id so that I could talk to people without them realizing who it was that they were talking to. Many days passed without any incidents but then came a really great day when one of my friends came online and accepted my invitation to chat with him. I thought I would just screw around with him and then just tell him the truth but to my amusement and horror

That guy lied to me about his location,age and the fact that was the funniest was that he made himself the lead guitarist and singer of a band that was leaded by a family friend of mine.


That was hilarious but very disappointing though. What if the person in front of you is nice but then lies like crazy to make himself/herself look superior or something of that sorts???????

   Mon Apr 9, 2007    Reply         

I suppose it's something most everyone has done at one time or another. I can't think of any specific examples of lying, myself, though. I'm not female, though, so I don't have much reason to lie. I completely understand why some females lie online, but only about their gender and/or location. Of course the first lies turn into other lies which turn into more lies and sooner or later you're found out. I find it much easier to simply tell the truth because then you don't have to remember any of the lies you told. I find it most amusing when people lie about their profession and tell the truth about their age when they're only in their early 20's or so and the profession would require many more years. Or another good one is when they lie about their location but when you look up their IP it's coming from another place in the world altogether. If there's anything I'm asked that I don't want to tell a truthful answer to, I'd simply tell them I'm not comfortable divulging that sort of information to an online personality. There's the occasional L.E.O. that comes through here trolling for perverts claiming he's a 14 y.o. boy or girl that I've seen twice now. They're pretty easy to spot too and you'd have to be a totally depraved sick stupid weirdo to fall for them which is why they'd deserve to get caught! I don't even lie about being unemployed for cryin' out loud! When I become employed, you'll all know it because I won't have time to post here as often! Either way, once the weather gets better I'll be doing more outdoors stuff which will limit my computer activities too...

I know of three people who lie (or have lied) to make themselves appear significantly different then they are in real life on Trap17.com. I spotted them in good time and they're obvious so I'll not divulge their identities, anyone can finger it out for themselves by simply reading their posts or shouts.

   Mon Apr 9, 2007    Reply         

yes, I have lied online.... I lie online just as I lie in the real world, maybe more.

I lie more online because: ok so email and IM aren't trustworthy - people can copy and paste and forward your emails to other people. I've gotten in trouble five times for misusing email in this way, like when I say "I don't like so-and-so." Then I get in trouble, so now I say "I like so-and-so." In this way I lie and I don't get in trouble.... sorry ppl but that's how email works. My mom reccomended this way to me and it works, its cheap and I guess in a way I'm taking the easy way out but... ;) oh well, I guess that's how life is. I have to lie on email alot.

I guess though that it's easy to lie online, you can see what I mean. and lying online just turns into more and more (etc.) lies... and of course people lie sometimes when some freak asks them personal questions or something, they either lie or log off and tell their parents who of course then dont trust them anymore.... it goes on and on.

   Mon Apr 9, 2007    Reply         


Chat rooms who knows what ppl may actually be, considering a person could just jump on and say "blond hair, blue eyes, slim build, long legs,etc" and they are really of the "overweight, glasses, etc". It may be easier to lie online when under a situation (eg some old freak asking really personal like questions and so forth).. but then again it, some has seem to go too far with things. One good case that happened recently was a 'popular' person in a chatroom goes on about a "relatives" death. Only to be found out it didnt actually happen (via website, accident reports, etc). That person involved eventually left before it got banned.

   Mon Apr 9, 2007    Reply         

I don't like lying, the only time i lie is when someone is on that i don't like, or don't trust and they want to talk, i'll say 'oh...sorry i was just leaving...' but i do that in a way offline too so... Same with when i put my away sign on msn, i'm usually not really away, so in a sense that is lying. I started using the net for chats and boards when i was older so its not like i had to lie about my age, and as for location i just say california, i never get out my city, or at least try not to. I hate when people pressure me into telling them something, thats usually when i stop talking to them, because WHY is it so important to know my city and school- and last name? It isn't. Usually my lies are just about why i was offline (i say i was busy, but really i was just avoiding that person).

   Mon Apr 9, 2007    Reply         

I tend to avoid questions rather than lie.

Example: if I'm chatting online with somebody and s/he wants to know where I'm from, I give a general region. East/Central Texas. I don't necessarily want just anybody knowing anything more specific than that.

However: I'll be honest about my age and stuff like that. I figure that, if somebody doesn't want to talk to me because I'm too young or whatever, then that's his or her loss. And being honest about that sort of thing from the beginning prevents a lot of wasted time (both the other person's and mine).

But then again, I prefer directness and honesty in all areas of life. I figure that it's a lot easier to keep the truth straight than it is to remember which story I've told to which person ;)

   Mon Apr 9, 2007    Reply         


Sometimes I lie online just to have fun with people. Like those looking for guys online or something on a game I'll get them going and then just laugh away after I leave. I do also lie about info sometimes when they ask for a name and address just to view a forum or a site because there is no need for it. They'll just mail you crap you don't need and you never know who you are sending your information to. You hear stories all the time of people with online relationships with a person they think are a nice and caring person but then they knock on your door and rape or kill you.

   Mon Apr 9, 2007    Reply         

I always lie online even on trap17 I've lied about my age, but thats it just on trap. Some people lie a lot online. They say they are athletes and work out and all this other B.S when really they are obese and are online for half their lives. So i say what the hell lie your *bottom* off online just don't do it in real life.

EDIT: Grammar problems, this was an old post*

   Mon Apr 9, 2007    Reply         

I lie online about my age and location and stuff, especially when signing up for accounts on websited, I won't give my full name, i'll give a false location and I'll make myself older for security reasons. But I don't lie about my profession or anything to make myself look better. I don't agree with lieing so I don't think its right to lie about profession and stuff even online, but I can understande lieing to be secure; however, if I were chatting with someone I've never met in real life, and they asked me sensitive information I just wouldn't tell them.

   Mon Apr 9, 2007    Reply         

QUOTE (t3jem)

I lie online about my age and location and stuff, especially when signing up for accounts on websited, I won't give my full name, i'll give a false location and I'll make myself older for security reasons. But I don't lie about my profession or anything to make myself look better. I don't agree with lieing so I don't think its right to lie about profession and stuff even online, but I can understande lieing to be secure; however, if I were chatting with someone I've never met in real life, and they asked me sensitive information I just wouldn't tell them.
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Same here. Lying on the internet is acceptable and recommended to some degree, but don't take it too far.

I have lied too much and I have learned it the hard way. Now, I just avoid questions or try to confuse who's asking it.
For example, if somebody wants to know my age, I'll give them a complex equation and tell them that the answer they get is my age. I even lie then, if I think that the person asking is capable of completing the equation properly.

I give a latitude and longitude region for my location, as untrustworthy people don't have maps ( from my personal experience, only nice people can figure out my location that way ).

   Tue Apr 10, 2007    Reply         

I know what all of you mean but why do people lie online to make themselves look so great? I mean what kind of a complex do they have that they have to lie their arses of..... Anyway The same is with me, I usually ignore a personal question or just tell them bluntly that I do not wish to divulge any secrets

I have heard of cases where guys prey on girls through the net, That is pathetic,Also the people who take naked pics of people using the webcam.
But the thing is creepy when the person you know lies a lot for it makes you trust them a bit less.

I mean a bit of harmless fun is alright but it should be told not increased and make people distrust you.

Thanks for the cool responses. ;)

   Tue Apr 10, 2007    Reply         

QUOTE (possible123)

Same here. Lying on the internet is acceptable and recommended to some degree, but don't take it too far.

Yeah, I agree. For the most part, I don't see the point of selling to online advertising firms my address, phone number, and numerous other pieces of information for free. It's better to lie to them than it is to be burdened with mass mailings/emailings of advertisements, and most of these organizations don't really need to contact me to accomplish whatever I want them to do.

Usually for locations I give a pretty vague location--like I'd say I'm in the United States, which is the truth but doesn't really get stalkers anywhere. There are some sites that ask for zip codes and actually check the random number I enter for accuracy. For those I just Google a random city and paste the zip code that shows up.

For age, though, I tend to be more honest. I guess I just find that age isn't a big identifying factor for stalkers--it's hard to track someone down with only their age and a very vague location. There are hundreds and thousands of people in a certain country with that very age, after all. For that same reason I don't really bother lying about my gender either--it's too general to pinpoint anyone down. At the same time though, if people don't ask, they're not going to get an answer, so I often end up with a mistaken gender.

Personally, in most cases I see nothing wrong with lying on the internet. Now, if you're a trusted news source or someone of that caliber, then we've got a problem. But if you're just talking to another unknown person, it's not a huge deal. Security is probably more important than just a random stranger you meet who decides to become your "friend".

   Thu Apr 12, 2007    Reply         

I have just one word I have never lied to person online that is in some chat room just never I would rather not reviel some information instead of lying.

But in the case of application forms for certain service for which I am hundred procent certain that it want misuse my personal data I have sometimes bended truth a bit, as probably we all did it a matter of personal security and a way of protection against identity theft.

   Sun Apr 15, 2007    Reply         

I do not want to lie here by saying i haven't lied online !!

Yeah, lying probably is inevitable. But you can definitely cut down the extent of how much you do lie !!! You cannot avoid lying to a certain degree on several occasions. I believe the stealth mode available in yahoo messenger is a great example. You may lie to your boss you are working on your projecy and actually be doing something else , totally off topic.

And , what about making new friends on the internet. I really think, you cannot put your trust on someone , unless or until you get to know him /her in person. What a user generally presents on the internet, is a virtual image of him. It may not be the real him. It usually seems to be what he wants to be , rather than what he is .

   Wed May 2, 2007    Reply         

I have lied about my exact location, but only to very dodgy websites that require your address for some reason, like If my address was 94 Baker st, ST Mirvin, Hamilton, New Zealand, I won't say that, just a New Zealand would be fine

   Wed May 2, 2007    Reply         

QUOTE (possible123)

Same here. Lying on the internet is acceptable and recommended to some degree, but don't take it too far.

I have lied too much and I have learned it the hard way. Now, I just avoid questions or try to confuse who's asking it.
For example, if somebody wants to know my age, I'll give them a complex equation and tell them that the answer they get is my age. I even lie then, if I think that the person asking is capable of completing the equation properly.

I give a latitude and longitude region for my location, as untrustworthy people don't have maps ( from my personal experience, only nice people can figure out my location that way ).
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well i wouldn't lie outright maybe exaderate a little.

   Tue May 15, 2007    Reply         

well. lets see i dont think i have really outright lied on the internet. i probably did exaderate mabe a little too far.
wel i hope i'm not lying now that would ruin my great record

my friends lie to me all the time but i can usually tell wen. then i tell them i know they r lying but they just deny it
oh well i will try not to lie

   Tue May 15, 2007    Reply         

I haven't, if I don't want someone to know something I just don't tell them, it's the internet it's not like they can reach through our monitors and make me say something. I guess there are a few people out there who need to stay anonymous and lie for that reason, other people I don't know about.

   Sun May 20, 2007    Reply         

QUOTE (csp4)

I have lied about my exact location, but only to very dodgy websites that require your address for some reason, like If my address was 94 Baker st, ST Mirvin, Hamilton, New Zealand, I won't say that, just a New Zealand would be fine
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Well I think that this cannot be taken into account as lying as you were just ommiting your data and you were not saying that you are like from Australia or something else if you woudl have said that you would be lying then.

   Sun May 20, 2007    Reply         

I lied about my age when I was 13. I said I was a year older so that I wouldn't be judged because of my age. You'd be surprised how many people treat 13-and-younger kids online because of the age gap. Also, I don't disclose my address or phone numbers. I use a PrivatePhone.com number instead if I'm entering a contest or filling out a form for a free sample.

   Mon May 21, 2007    Reply         

Yeah I lie all the time online. I mean who hasn't lied on the internet. The internet is full of lies and deception. I'm not truthful with people I don't know or just met. Of course you can be totally honest with strangers but I"m not going to tell them stuff like where I really live. All you need to know is I live in Dallas, Texas and that's about it. If your my friend I"ll give you something more than that.

There was one time I lied about my sex and I went into a chat room with a bunch of guys and they're like im'ing me and talking dirty and stuff. I played along. They asked for my age and all that. lol. If was fun leading them on. Then I told them I was working with CPS and i'm not really a girl i'm a guy and they went silent. haha. Come on CPS doens't even do those child internet monitoring thingies. Stupid people. I have many more lies.

   Mon May 21, 2007    Reply         

First time when i was online it was i guess in 1996, or something like that. I was 13 years old, and i didn't even understand what internet was except for IRC. Back than Microsoft had a chat i think it was called MSComic chat, where chatroom was filled with people who were like comics characters and had all those expressions. It was really fun. I didn't lie back then couse i didn't feel the need to lie. It wasn't like today where there is threat of pedofiles or some crazy psychos lurking around. I guess back then those kind of folks didn't know how to use computer :)

Later maybe when i started using mIRC and first ICQ, i already knew the thing and was in my puberty years, so chating in the ** rooms was regular *geek*.. lol.. Ah those days. But it wasn't that much of a lie. I even met few "i hope they are girls" lol who said that they know where is the place i live in, which was strange couse i lived in croatia. Then google became more and more popular, and the whole world wide web evolved along with it, by concept of simpler forums, and other softwares like IM or even now Gmail, that made life on the interent pretty much simpler.

But when you look at it in more wider perspective, most of people here hide behind their usernames. Small number of people really understand the internet in the means it's supposed to be understood. There are gazzilions of websites, most of which are lamme, some are so-so, but some are great. Like in life, the people you hang with will teach you things about internet, and show you ways that will mean a lot. There are no need for lies, and when you are a bit older u understand what is worth and what just **.

I'm really starting to go O.T. But to answer this question, i would say - no i never lied on internet, i just showed another part of myself that i would never show in regular life. But by staying in touch with the internet more, slowly that part just became the part of my regular life.

   Mon May 21, 2007    Reply         

Yes i have lied many times about my age, location, time.. Things like that, if they have my time, they can know my general location (lol im paranoid) but i can't really think of anything other then that, i pretended to be another person on aim to see what that person ( i knew) thought about me

   Thu May 31, 2007    Reply         

i have lied online lolx .. who hasnt ?

   Wed Jun 6, 2007    Reply         

Ok well when I was younger I used to go into chat rooms and what not just always trying to meet new people. I'm a very friendly and open person like that. I never really thought people were lying to me because I wasn't lying to them. And I believe I actually came encounter with a pervert one time but he actually told me that he was like 55 and from England or something...

I'm not really sure but I stopped really going to those sites after that. But this is my situation...I was on facebook using this application called "Are You Interested" just goofing around. You can click on someone that you think is cute. You can say yes(let them know), yes(annonymously) or no. Well I clicked on this yes on this guy and he later ended up clicking yes back. He didn't send me a message or anything so I decided to say hey whats up, that whole thing.

Well he and I have just been talking and texting back and forth. He's a really sweet and genuine but honest guy. But its hard because we've never met. Well he goes to school in Chicago which is were I'll be going next year. He's from Washington and is there over winter break. I was the one who had suggested going up to meet him because I also have friends who already live up there...

I guess I'm just looking for some advice. I was gonna buy some pepper spray or mace...Whatever I can get just to be prepared...He's sent me pictures and I've completely checked out his websites.

He's only 6 months older than me...I'm actually the one who initiated the talking and questions and what not and he has yet to make me feel uncomfortable by all means..

What do you guys think or suggest?

   Tue Dec 18, 2007    Reply         

Hello! Friends when is saw this topic the question which struck my mind is that should i tell the truth or shold i say a lie
Then i decide that atleast here in TRAP i must express my true opinion.

Accodring to me i totally agree with Velma , people lie for safety inorder to hide their Identity.

First i started using the internet at my age of 15 ( to be noted under 18 ) so when i got an internet connection the first
thing i tried to do is creating an email for me . At that time i approached yahoo! so when i gave i date of birth it recognised
that im a child and i need for parental email . That was the time i first Lied in the internet.I gave a Fakke Date of birth.

Then as days passed by i started using yahoo! chat and there the first word that people asked me was " ur asl plz ? " then
at that time i didnt know the meaning of asl and i asked my friend he told that it means the chat mate wants me to tell
the age sex and location.

So the next time when i looged into yahoo! chats i gave my age sex and location and i was happy that i started chatting.
Then i noted that when ever i type the age sex and location the reply that i got was "bye"

Then again i was confused then i asked another friend that what is this. so they said in chats no one wanna chat with a kid
Then i started lying there .Now i can assusre you that almose 99% fake their asl and i too started that.

And in many cases like this internet has been a place where people lie.

But on the other hand is there any way out ? Yes IF ALL THE INTERNET USERS START TO TELL THE TRUTH then the future generation
can follow up and can make internet a real place for real people.

For this its not me who must initiate or you but it is we who should ...

   Mon Jan 21, 2008    Reply         

Except those days, there is a fair bit of controversy about internet chats, messengers and the like. It was controversial enough to an extent that MSN shut down their former MSN Chat, chatroom service, which IIRC at the time was one of the most popular sites on the internet. However, there were also other reasons for chat shutdowns, such as programmers getting into their servers on mIRC via a programmed script, even though chat sites werent allowing them through the TOS or something. But since the shutdown of MSN Chat, you'd be suprised at the amount of MSN-like chat clones that are around today.

   Mon Jan 21, 2008    Reply         

It's so easy to get caught up in lying online, since you're behind a screen and a keyboard.

However, for the most part, it doesn't matter to me when I do tell the truth.

(For instance, I really am from New Durham, NH. Good luck finding me though... not like anyone would actually WANT to. :P Then again, I might be lying about that... :) )

I think to some extent that lying on the Internet is okay, since everyone is privileged to passively-defend themselves from identity theft, blackmail, or even just appearance (to prevent being misjudged). For instance, I deem most younger kids as ignorant and even very immature online, but there are a few kids that I almost respect for their maturity. I don't think I have to get into massively-incorrect spelling and "txt tlk." :)

I for the most part tell the truth about myself, except when signing up for sites that you have to register for before imploring on their services, viewing their forums, etc. I almost wish that every forum could let guests view them and not have to register for them every time... (I even have an e-mail address dedicated for signing up for stuff, as I don't care about what spam I get there. I'm sure most people already do this nowadays.)

   Mon Jan 21, 2008    Reply         

Most people lie on the internet because they don't like whon they are at the moment. They can lie to make themselves to seem like a nice person , if not like that in real life. They also want to impress and feel superior because they do not get tat feeling in real life

   Thu Jan 24, 2008    Reply         

well,i always try not to lie, but some times have to!

u cant call it lieing, just spoofing or some thing!

   Thu Jan 24, 2008    Reply         

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