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Jordan Liles

Jordan Liles is a Senior Reporter who has been with Snopes since 2016.

Lowe's was not offering an exclusive reward for taking a 30-second survey because it was all a scam.

Lowe's Email Scam Promises 'Exclusive Reward'

Written by: Jordan Liles

Feb. 7, 2022

Readers shouldn't waste their time on these kinds of survey scams.

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An online ad claimed Man Saves Her Baby Then Mama Elephant Does This. However, this conflated two stories about baby elephant rescues in India and South Africa and thus was misleading.

'Man Saves Her Baby' Ad About Mama Elephant Is Misleading

Written by: Jordan Liles

Feb. 7, 2022

An online advertisement conflated two real stories about successful baby elephant rescues.

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A UPS scam email promised an exclusive reward and included a supposed confirmation receipt however it all just led to surveys and fake offers.

UPS Email Scam Promises 'Exclusive Reward'

Written by: Jordan Liles

Feb. 4, 2022

Readers shouldn't waste their time on these kinds of survey scams.

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book burning 1933 and 2022

Do These Pics Show Book Burnings in 1933 and 2022?

Written by: Jordan Liles

Feb. 4, 2022

The photo comparison made it to the top of the front page of Reddit on Feb. 4, 2022.

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The Capitol window waver from January 6 was not Paul Gosar or Andy Biggs or Randy Weber but rather Bob Agnew a journalist for Salem Radio Network News.

Did Video Show Gosar Wave from US Capitol Window on Jan. 6?

Written by: Jordan Liles

Feb. 2, 2022 (Updated: Nov. 2, 2022)

Other versions of the same rumor claimed that the video instead showed Republican Rep. Andy Bigg ...

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A scam email from LinkedIn promised that people are looking at your profile but it all came from a Russian email address.

LinkedIn Email Scam Claims 'People Are Looking at Your Profile'

Written by: Jordan Liles

Feb. 2, 2022

People might be looking at your LinkedIn profile, but the company won't be notifying you of the ...

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A car plowed into a Wendy's in Dundee Illinois flipped and landed upside down according to a video and picture on Reddit.

Driver Plows into Illinois Wendy's, Flipping Car Upside Down

Written by: Jordan Liles

Feb. 2, 2022

A picture and video were posted to Reddit that showed emergency crews looking at the wreckage at ...

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Police in Spain purportedly believed they would find drugs such as marijuana in a raid when busting down a door but instead found a Bitcoin mining farm for cryptocurrency.

Did a Police Drug Raid Unexpectedly Find a Bitcoin Farm Instead?

Written by: Jordan Liles

Feb. 1, 2022

This rumor took us to the town of Santiponce, Spain, which is near Seville.

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A video on Reddit claimed to show pills burning on top of a stove and they turned out to be calcium gluconate from Russia.

Is the Video of Pills Burning on Top of a Stove Real?

Written by: Jordan Liles

Jan. 31, 2022

The video showed 10 pills growing into a snake-like form above the flames from the stovetop that ...

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An email promoted an Equifax data breach settlement status and said claimants could receive a free membership in Experian IdentityWorks for four years.

Is the Equifax Data Breach Settlement Email Legit?

Written by: Jordan Liles

Jan. 31, 2022

Such emails claimed to offer a free membership in Experian IdentityWorks for four years.

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An old Facebook post from Derrick Smit or Smith asked who's going to pay for it about a hospital patient dying of COVID-19 who was asking about healthcare finances.

'Who's Going to Pay for It' Nurse Story Reappears on Reddit

Written by: Jordan Liles

Jan. 31, 2022

The Facebook post from 2020 told of a patient dying from COVID-19 who spent some of his last mom ...

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Sprinkles the Killer Clown is an urban legend about the Appalachian Mountains and the year 1973 and may have had origins in Limestone New York.

The Legend of 'Sprinkles the Killer Clown'

Written by: Jordan Liles

Jan. 29, 2022

"According to pictures taken recently on a trail cam in eastern Kentucky, Sprinkles could very w ...

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A timelapse video purportedly showed Europa and Io orbiting the Great Red Spot on Jupiter that was captured by the Cassini Huygens probe.

Does Time-Lapse Video Show Europa and Io Orbiting Jupiter?

Written by: Jordan Liles

Jan. 28, 2022

To find answers, we turned to the video's creator: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist Kevi ...

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Facebook scams that promise a payment of $750 in Cash App or CashApp should be avoided.

Avoid These $750 Cash App Scams on Facebook and Instagram

Written by: Jordan Liles

Jan. 27, 2022

We found dozens of the scams within seconds, all with a simple search.

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A video on the Unexpected Reddit subreddit showed what might be a grizzly bear chasing a person through the snow and wilderness with the caption such a lovely day to test out my drone.

Is Drone Video of a Bear Chasing a Man in Snow Real?

Written by: Jordan Liles

Jan. 26, 2022 (Updated: Feb. 2, 2022)

The video was posted to the r/Unexpected subreddit on Reddit with the caption: "Such a lovely da ...

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A picture purportedly showed Trump 2024 flags with a Save America Again slogan being made and sewn in China that were said to be official merchandise for former US president Donald Trump.

Does Photo Show Official 'Trump 2024' Flags Made in China?

Written by: Jordan Liles

Jan. 26, 2022

The slogan on the "Trump 2024" flags read, "Save America Again!"

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A photograph purportedly was the last photo taken of Genepil the last Queen of Mongolia moments before she was executed as part of the Stalinist repressions in Mongolia in 1938.

Does Photo Show Last Queen of Mongolia Before Execution?

Written by: Jordan Liles

Jan. 25, 2022

A viral tweet and a Reddit post on r/pics purported to show "the last photo of the last queen of ...

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An online advertisement claimed that Costco stopped selling and discontinued its Dungeness crab and maybe even its crab legs from the seafood department.

Did Costco Discontinue Dungeness Crab?

Written by: Jordan Liles

Jan. 25, 2022

An online advertisement had been misleading readers since at least 2021.

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US President Joe Biden called Fox News reporter Peter Doocy a stupid son of a bitch.

Yes, Biden Called Fox's White House Correspondent a 'Stupid Son of a Bitch'

Written by: Jordan Liles

Jan. 24, 2022

The remark was uttered as Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy and other members of the press were ...

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A National Grid TCPA settlement email was legitimate.

Is the National Grid TCPA Settlement Email a Scam or Legit?

Written by: Jordan Liles

Jan. 24, 2022

Readers began receiving a "notice of proposed class action settlement" for a company named Natio ...

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