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A man who went viral for being named 'Phuc Dat Bich' has just admitted it was a hoax
LAST WEEK, AN Australian man named Phuc Dat Bich went viral for having the most unfortunate name on the planet.
He shared an image of his passport and wrote, “I find it highly irritating the fact that nobody seems to believe me when I say that my full legal name is how you see it.”
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The story was picked up by countless media outlets and shared all over social media after he outlined his frustrations at having his Facebook profile repeatedly shut down.
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On Monday, he thanked people for their support in a Facebook status.
Yesterday, however, an Australian journalist named Trevor Long posted an article in which he wondered if Bich was in fact trolling the media.
Could it be that Bich was taking us all for a ride? That the most magical name on the internet was fake?
Unfortunately so.
A few hours ago, he took to Facebook to admit that the whole thing was a hoax.
He signed the status “Joe Carr” although it’s unclear whether that is his name either. (Some have posited that it’s a play on ‘joker’.)
The lesson here? Don’t trust everything you see on Facebook.
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