Phuc Dat Bich Facebook Profile Revealed as Hoax by ‘Average Joe’

Australian man who made up a fake name for media attention scolds “hungry journalists” for lacking credibility

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WTF. It turns out Phuc Dat Bich wasn’t the victim of Facebook discrimination at all, but rather a “mischievous man with 21st century technology at his finger tips.”

An Australian man (maybe?) who went viral for posting a photo of his passport to prove the veracity of his funny name after it was allegedly banned by Facebook has now come clean about the “simple prank.”

Bich, real name Joe Carr (maybe?), took to his famous account on Tuesday to reveal the “prank that made a fool out of the media.”

“Out of this ordeal I’ve concluded not to trust the credibility of the media, it’s twisted by the hungry journalists who mask the truth,” he wrote. “It goes to show that an average joe like myself can con the the biggest news sources with ease.”

Yes, a number of media outlets including Mediaite, The New York Daily News, The Independent and Huffington Post reported on a top trend in social media by taking direct quotes from his post complaining about his account being “shut down multiple times” because the social media service thought his name was a clever way to mask an obscenity.

“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,” he wrote with the passport picture. “I’ve been accused of using a false and misleading name of which I find very offensive. Is it because I’m Asian? Is it?”

As TheWrap previously pointed out, there was already suspicion this was a hoax, so we’re not surprised and don’t really care.

Congrats, Phuc, or whatever your name is. Your decision to take advantage of your Asian ethnicity to make false discrimination claims really proved — uh, wait, what did it prove again?

You lied, but the the media masked the truth, or something? We’re confused. Anyway, here’s what else the international hero had to say.

“I want to acknowledge the supportive individuals who have encouraged those with truly interesting and idiosyncratic names that populate in different cultures. Hate and discrimination will remain if we continue to be so closed minded,” he wrote. “To those who do have culturally specific and spectacular names, ignore the ignorance in those who may try to put you down.”

We’re still confused. If what “started as a joke between friends” turned into a joke on social media, wasn’t he making a mockery of “culturally specific” names before the media was?

We may never learn if he has any answers to these questions, as he deleted the profile or made it private on Wednesday.

A former classmate did, however, reveal the prankster’s real name to Mashable, but it’s not as spectacular as Phuc Dat Bich, so who really cares.

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