Real Florida Man or Not?

Real Florida Man headlines: Internet and phones

Livestreamed crimes, 911 calls to complain about a phone, Facebook posts that become evidence: the internet stories are the newest branch of the genre and the easiest to verify, because the suspect usually documented it themselves.

160 verified headlines, newest first. Each one links to the article that reported it; the percentage shows how many players believed it when it appeared in the game against a fake.

  1. Florida man loses $6.5M in 15 fraudulent wire transfers over 3 days — and $4M is still missing

    finance.yahoo.com · 2026 ↗

  2. Florida man says $6.5M vanished from his business account in 3 days — all it took was 1 phone call. He’s still out $4M

    aol.com · 2026 ↗

  3. Florida man accused of having over 1 kilo of ‘Dark Web’ meth shipped to home

    fox13news.com · 2026 ↗

  4. Florida Man Checks Security Camera and Discovers What His Wife Is Doing

    yahoo.com · 2026 ↗

  5. @omgitswicks is the ultimate Florida Man

    wfla.com · 2026 ↗

  6. A Florida man sold hallucinogenic cacti and mushrooms on Facebook Marketplace, gets arrested; police seiz

    timesofindia.indiatimes.com · 2026 ↗

  7. Florida Man Allegedly Used Facebook Marketplace To Sell Homegrown Psychedelic Mushrooms, Peyote

    nationalenquirer.com · 2026 ↗

  8. Florida man arrested after placing virus on woman’s computer, sharing private info in more than 100 TikTo

    timesofindia.indiatimes.com · 2026 ↗

  9. Florida Man Accessed Women’s Computers and Posted Private Details on TikTok, Police Say

    yahoo.com · 2026 ↗

  10. Florida man accused of accessing women’s computers and making TikTok posts

    fox10phoenix.com · 2026 ↗

  11. Florida man accused of selling peyote, mushrooms on Facebook Marketplace, deputies say

    cbs12.com · 2026 ↗

  12. Florida Man Charged With Threatening Sheriff in AI Image

    petapixel.com · 2026 ↗

  13. Take it from a Florida Man, the reveal of the GTA 6 map and weather systems is absolutely wild

    stuff.tv · 2026 ↗

  14. Florida man hires an Etsy witch to help him land a job. But five days later, he’s telling her to ‘chill’: ‘I’m a human being’

    yahoo.com · 2026 ↗

  15. Florida Man Wants OpenAI to Stop New Models Until We Figure Out What the Hell Is Going On

    gizmodo.com · 2026 ↗

  16. Florida Man Turns to an "Etsy Witch" For Job Hunting. Five Days Later, He Says He Has 9 Interviews

    yahoo.com · 2026 ↗

  17. Mom Alerts Police to Son’s YouTube Videos, Florida Man Charged With DUI

    yahoo.com · 2026 ↗

  18. Monkey spotted on Florida man's trail cam

    fox35orlando.com · 2026 ↗

  19. Florida man arrested at Chipotle after online sting set up by Russian YouTuber

    cbs12.com · 2026 ↗

  20. A Florida man captured the bizarre moment his dog encountered a blue land crab gripping a knife blade in his backyard. #Florida #dog #crab #funny

    facebook.com · 2026 ↗

  21. Idiot Criminal of the Day: Florida Man, Drones and Jail

    rock929rocks.com · 2026 ↗

  22. Florida Man Police Officer arrested after using Flock cameras, 717 times, to track the movements of his estranged wife.

    mysuncoast.com · 2026 ↗

  23. Florida Woman Detective Arrested After Using Police Cameras 47 Times to Track Her Husband’s Ex-Wife

    yahoo.com · 2026 ↗

  24. Florida woman says she left a 'factual' 1-star online review for a Nissan dealership. Then strangers started review-bombing her business

    wegotthiscovered.com · 2026 ↗

  25. Florida man arrested after showing cop AI video of people breaking into patrol car

    dexerto.com · 2026 ↗

  26. Florida Man Involved In Two Facebook Marketplace Thefts, Including $2,200 Chain

    yahoo.com · 2026 ↗

  27. ‘Stabby crabby’: Crab goes viral for flashing blade in claw at Florida man and his dog

    straitstimes.com · 2026 ↗

  28. YouTuber Florida Man Jack Doherty faces drug charges after arrest in Miami Beach

    local10.com · 2025 ↗

  29. Disabled Florida Woman Was Banned From AI Voice Clone After Making It Say ‘Arse’

    vice.com · 2025 ↗

  30. Fired Florida Man and Disney World employee pleads guilty to hacking menu, removing life-saving allergy information

    yahoo.com · 2025 ↗

  31. Florida man trying to buy ‘crack’ on Craigslist arrested when undercover deputy answers ad: HCSO

    fox13news.com · 2025 ↗

  32. Florida woman arrested for shoplifting at Target again after viral stolen haul video - Dexerto

    dexerto.com · 2024 ↗

  33. Florida woman allegedly steals from Target self-checkout and then posts about it on TikTok

    lawandcrime.com · 2024 ↗

  34. Florida woman arrested for shoplifting after posting video showing Target haul

    showbizzed.com · 2024 ↗

  35. Florida Man's Fart Used as Court Evidence Against Suspected Video Game Cheater

    dexerto.com · 2024 ↗

  36. Florida Man Sues Netflix Over Streaming Issues During Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson Fight

    yahoo.com · 2024 ↗

  37. Florida Man Accused of Hacking Disney World Menus, Changing Font to Wingdings

    wired.com · 2024 ↗

  38. Florida woman goes viral after frogs take over garage in “apocalyptic event” - Dexerto

    dexerto.com · 2024 ↗

  39. Florida Man Arrested for Posing as Elon Musk and Scamming 74 Year Old Woman of $250,000

    globalbenefit.co.uk · 2024 ↗

  40. Florida Man Refuses To Share His Phone Password With Cops in Front of Girlfriend, Jumps Into the Ocean to Escape

    news18.com · 2024 ↗

  41. Florida Man Horrified When NFTs He Bought Because Floyd Mayweather Told Him to Crater in Value

    futurism.com · 2024 ↗

  42. Florida Man is now a video game

    tampabay.com · 2023 ↗

  43. Florida man arrested after posting his 'new' Mercedes Benz he stole on social media: Deputies

    fox35orlando.com · 2023 ↗

  44. Florida Woman, charter school principal, resigns after sending $100,000 check to scammer claiming to be Elon Musk promising to invest millions in her school

    wesh.com · 2023 ↗

  45. Florida man uses ChatGPT to land an airplane, saves family

    aerotime.aero · 2023 ↗

  46. 'I knew that thing would track me;' Florida Man accused of stealing iPad

    cbs12.com · 2022 ↗

  47. Florida Man Get Arrested On LIVE TV After Barricading Himself In A Trailer

    tampafp.com · 2022 ↗

  48. Florida man accountant admits that half of $12.8m stolen from USF went to 'webcam ' girlfriend

    wfla.com · 2022 ↗

  49. Florida Woman Hopes To Marry Tetris Game After Breaking Up With Her Calculator

    brobible.com · 2022 ↗

  50. Amazon accidentally ships 65 pounds of weed to Florida Man

    dailydot.com · 2022 ↗

  51. Florida Man Makes His Television Debut Fleeing From Deputies On Patrol: LIVE

    tampafp.com · 2022 ↗

  52. Florida Man, a DoorDash driver, caught on camera stealing Amazon package from the same porch where he dropped off food order

    winknews.com · 2022 ↗

  53. Florida Man who tracks Elon Musk's private jet says he would stop if the billionaire took him on a flight and gave him an interview

    msn.com · 2022 ↗

  54. Florida Man Indicted for Selling $1 Billion Worth of Counterfeit Cisco Equipment

    uk.pcmag.com · 2022 ↗

  55. Florida Man Busted for Disability Fraud After Posting Weightlifting Pictures Online

    pennlive.com · 2022 ↗

  56. Florida Man who tracked Elon Musk’s plane now tracking jets of Russian billionaires

    fox13news.com · 2022 ↗

  57. Florida man's typo costs Tampa couple $43,000 and access to bank account

    wfla.com · 2022 ↗

  58. Elon Musk offers Florida Man $5k to stop tracking his private jet on Twitter

    clickorlando.com · 2022 ↗

  59. Florida Man pipeline engineer with handsome face and millions of dollars is actually a Nigerian romance scammer

    tampabay.com · 2022 ↗

  60. Florida man caught on camera cutting satellite cables and knocking eight TV stations off the air

    boingboing.net · 2021 ↗

  61. Florida Man Under Investigation for Breaking Cyberbullying Law He Helped Create

    thedailybeast.com · 2021 ↗

  62. "Florida Man", the Netflix Show About Florida Man Is To Be Filmed In North Carolina, And Not Florida, Where Florida Man Resides.

    businessobserverfl.com · 2021 ↗

  63. Florida Man Sues Twitter In A Desperate Bid To Post Again

    mashable.com · 2021 ↗

  64. Florida man was homeless. Then his viral YouTube video made $10,000 overnight

    tampabay.com · 2021 ↗

  65. Florida Woman realtor's honest listing for 'worst house on the street' goes viral

    tampabay.com · 2021 ↗

  66. Florida Man creates 'futuristic program' to stop crime before it happens. The cops mostly just harass families.

    projects.tampabay.com · 2020 ↗

  67. Florida man stumbles on biggest prime number after working plucky i5 CPU for 12 days straight

    theregister.com · 2020 ↗

  68. Florida man convinces people from all over the country to FedEx tens of thousands of dollars in cash to his motel room to get a virus off their computers

    tampabay.com · 2020 ↗

  69. Florida woman selling "manatee shaped" chicken tender in "new" condition for $5,000

    wtsp.com · 2020 ↗

  70. Florida man caught on camera licking doorbell

    abc7news.com · 2020 ↗

  71. Popular Netflix series prompts Florida Man Sheriff to reopen 23 year old cold case

    nbcnews.com · 2020 ↗

  72. Florida Man starts a painting show, accidentally invents the first ASMR series.

    discoverasmr.com · 2019 ↗

  73. Notorious viral sensation Florida Man speaks up for climate change

    adage.com · 2019 ↗

  74. Florida Man given recognition by Gearbox as a secret achievement in Borderlands III

    trueachievements.com · 2019 ↗

  75. Meet the Florida Man Who Went Viral for Headbanging in a Hurricane

    vice.com · 2019 ↗

  76. Florida man sells 'fully functioning' F-16 fighter jet online

    wdbo.com · 2019 ↗

  77. Florida Man Offers UFO Abduction Insurance for Area 51 Raid, but You Need an Alien Signature and It Pays $1 per Year for 10 Million Years

    newsweek.com · 2019 ↗

  78. Florida Man Sells $1,000,000 In Fake Yeti Products, Says The Mugs From China Looked Real Enough To Him

    thefloridamantimes.com · 2019 ↗

  79. Florida Man Gets Busted for Drugs Because He Was Playing Pokemon GO at 2AM

    gamerant.com · 2019 ↗

  80. Florida Man calls cops to report that he was witnessing South Florida being invaded by a Chinese UFO. Bonus: he was right

    palmbeachpost.com · 2019 ↗

  81. Florida Man's viral diaper-changing photo inspires Pampers to install 5,000 changing tables in men's bathrooms across the U.S., Canada

    youtube.com · 2019 ↗

  82. Florida men are crowdfunding a Florida Man card game

    orlandoweekly.com · 2019 ↗

  83. Florida man steals log splitters and wood chippers, asks people to sell them for him on Facebook in exchange for drugs

    suwanneedemocrat.com · 2019 ↗

  84. Bitcoin Pizza Day: 9 years ago today, a Florida man used bitcoin to buy 2 pizzas, the first time in history that someone used bitcoin to buy a consumer product

    thenextweb.com · 2019 ↗

  85. Florida Man Poses As Cop For YouTube Prank, Gets Arrested By Real Cops

    brevardtimes.com · 2019 ↗

  86. Florida man who blogs every day about people who are booked into the local jail is booked into the local jail

    tampabay.com · 2019 ↗

  87. CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Florida man licks doorbell continuously

    actionnewsjax.com · 2019 ↗

  88. Florida man hacks into Western Union computers and steals $32K

    nbc-2.com · 2019 ↗

  89. Florida Man creates website like The Onion, but for Florida.

    tampabay.com · 2019 ↗

  90. Florida man drove around as a cellphone-jamming vigilante for two years

    theverge.com · 2019 ↗

  91. Feds indict Florida man who duped Texas school district out of $2M with email

    dallasnews.com · 2019 ↗

  92. Florida man casually intimidates witness on social media proving once again that money and power don’t instill class and decency.

    axios.com · 2019 ↗

  93. Doorbell cam video shows stranger poop in Florida man's driveway

    abc7ny.com · 2019 ↗

  94. Florida man Googles self to find out which Florida Man he is

    apnews.com · 2019 ↗

  95. Florida Man hacks billboard with Satanic corgi and 'naughty' gorilla

    youtube.com · 2018 ↗

  96. Florida Man's huge-neck mugshot generates 250,000 comments on social media, most of them neck-ative

    actionnewsjax.com · 2018 ↗

  97. Florida man fired for farting at work Instagram account

    wgno.com · 2018 ↗

  98. TIL Florida Man has an actual Wikipedia page. Not knowyourmeme or urbandictionary, but Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org · 2018 ↗

  99. Florida woman moves to Arizona to stalk man who blocked her on a dating app, sends him 65,000 text messages

    edition.cnn.com · 2018 ↗

  100. Florida Woman shaves legs in crowded pool and ends up on Reddit Front Page

    wfla.com · 2018 ↗

  101. Florida man steals hard drives filled with sensitive taxpayer data. Only uses them to download Xbox games

    tampabay.com · 2018 ↗

  102. Florida Man Owner of Mugshots.com Arrested in California For Extortion, Money Laundering & Identity Theft

    mypalmbeachpost.com · 2018 ↗

  103. Cops: Florida Man Googled "How To Rob A Bank" Before Robbing A Bank

    thesmokinggun.com · 2018 ↗

  104. Florida Man arrested for using government computers to mine bitcoin

    theledger.com · 2018 ↗

  105. Florida woman fired for posting on social media after not getting tip on $735 take-out order for church

    miamiherald.com · 2018 ↗

  106. Florida man arrested with large neck goes viral

    wbtw.com · 2018 ↗

  107. Florida man with viral mugshot arrested again

    abc15.com · 2018 ↗

  108. Mugshot of Florida man arrested for drug charges goes viral

    wset.com · 2018 ↗

  109. Florida man used Facebook to threaten county sheriff. Now he’s behind bars, deputies say

    bradenton.com · 2018 ↗

  110. Florida Man Arrested in SIM Swap Conspiracy

    krebsonsecurity.com · 2018 ↗

  111. FCC fines Florida man $120 million for robocalls

    nbcnews.com · 2018 ↗

  112. Florida man accused of posing with guns, making threats on social media

    cbs12.com · 2018 ↗

  113. Florida man and woman receive marijuana in Amazon order

    local10.com · 2017 ↗ · 26 % of 69 players picked it as real

  114. Uber paid 20-year-old Florida man to keep data breach secret - sources

    reuters.com · 2017 ↗

  115. Florida Man texts the wrong number & accidentally sets up to sell marijuana to a police officer.

    palmbaydaily.com · 2017 ↗

  116. Florida Man unhappy with class grade gets caught changing it

    clickorlando.com · 2017 ↗

  117. Florida Man makes 96 million robocalls, gets fined $120 million dollars

    bloomberg.com · 2017 ↗

  118. Florida Man caught selling drugs online through Dark Web.

    sun-sentinel.com · 2017 ↗

  119. Florida man refuses to give police iPhone password, gets 180 days in jail

    masslive.com · 2017 ↗

  120. Florida Man sues Verizon for $72m – for letting him commit identity theft

    theregister.com · 2017 ↗

  121. Florida Man fired after woman he met on Tinder admits on-the-clock rendezvous

    cox.com · 2017 ↗

  122. Florida man steals cell phone, taunts victim on Facebook "LMAO, you forgot your phone old man"

    floridatoday.com · 2017 ↗

  123. Florida Man hacks bank, tries to steal $7 billion because "Jesus wanted him to be rich'

    wftv.com · 2017 ↗

  124. (Florida Man) Roses are red, I bet you haven't seen this...

    i.reddituploads.com · 2016 ↗

  125. Florida woman making $200 a day selling positive pregnancy tests on Craigslist

    kxan.com · 2016 ↗

  126. Sheriff Florida Man posts 'sad criminal of the day' on Facebook

    nbcmiami.com · 2016 ↗

  127. Florida Man starts petition for the creation of a manatee emoji

    clickorlando.com · 2016 ↗

  128. Florida Man was arrested after using his own wanted poster as his Facebook profile picture.

    upi.com · 2016 ↗

  129. Florida Man drives people around in his BMW to find Pokémon for $25 an hour

    sun-sentinel.com · 2016 ↗

  130. Florida man refuses to leave park over PokemonGo, gets tased and arrested

    tampabay28.com · 2016 ↗ · 72 % of 61 players picked it as real

  131. Florida Man ditches his family, starts a new life using a dead man's identity, busted when the dead man's nephew starts a family search on Ancestry.com

    msn.com · 2016 ↗

  132. Florida Man sues Microsoft for Windows 10 update

    seattletimes.com · 2016 ↗

  133. Florida man arrested for stalking after sending 118 texts

    wsvn.com · 2016 ↗

  134. Florida Man calls 911 100 times, blames 'artistic robotic technician'

    wfla.com · 2016 ↗

  135. From r/Funny. This isn't a traditional post but this is definitely a Florida Woman

    i.reddituploads.com · 2016 ↗

  136. Florida woman doctor who berated Uber driver in viral video is fired

    nydailynews.com · 2016 ↗

  137. Florida Woman who pulled over officer for speeding targeted by police union chief on Twittter

    nydailynews.com · 2016 ↗

  138. Florida man demands right to wed computer

    telegraph.co.uk · 2016 ↗

  139. Florida Woman uses Find my Friends iPhone app to track down woman who stole her friend's purse and phone from bar

    crime.blog.palmbeachpost.com · 2016 ↗

  140. Florida Woman's car calls 911 and rats her out after 2 hit-and-runs.

    cnet.com · 2015 ↗

  141. Florida woman's hit-and-run escape foiled after her own car calls police on her

    nydailynews.com · 2015 ↗

  142. TIL the reason so many crazy news articles begin with "A Florida man/woman..." is because the media have unrestricted access to Florida police reports.

    en.wikipedia.org · 2015 ↗

  143. Florida man is currently taunting the Polk County Sheriff's Office on Facebook that they can't find him

    youtube.com · 2015 ↗

  144. Florida Man Trying to Buy Weed Accidentally Texts Narcotics Captain

    gawker.com · 2015 ↗

  145. Florida woman puts out a tweet for weed... Sheriff responded & asks to meet up

    nbcmiami.com · 2015 ↗

  146. Florida man sells counterfeit money on Craigslist. Arrested.

    wesh.com · 2015 ↗

  147. Florida Man spots Reptilian Humanoid Alien inside car, takes photos

    boingboing.net · 2015 ↗

  148. Florida Man Butt-Dials Victim; Leaves Voicemail of Conversation with Accomplice Discussing Details of Robbery

    miamiherald.com · 2015 ↗

  149. Florida man plans to convert robots to Christianity

    ibtimes.co.uk · 2015 ↗

  150. Florida man included on Brit's poorly labeled map of the states

    s3-ec.buzzfed.com · 2014 ↗

  151. Florida Man sighting in Orlando Craigslist

    fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net · 2014 ↗

  152. Florida man who is a Publix employee ties old man's shoes, photo goes viral

    youtube.com · 2014 ↗

  153. Florida Man wants $1,250 dollars to build a physically impossible underwater breathing device [X-Post /r/shittykickstarters]

    kickstarter.com · 2014 ↗

  154. Florida Man offering free armadillos on Craigslist

    youtube.com · 2014 ↗

  155. Florida Man Drove Around with a Cellphone Jammer for Two Years Before Being Caught

    yahoo.com · 2014 ↗

  156. Florida Man from Instant Karma viral video found and arrested

    huffpost.com · 2014 ↗

  157. Florida Man drops ID at scene of crime, proceeds to brag about said crime on Facebook

    google.com · 2014 ↗

  158. Florida Man posts drug dealing selfie online, gets arrested

    youtube.com · 2014 ↗

  159. Florida Man Trying to Sell “Jesus Christ’s Toenails” on eBay

    keysnet.com · 2013 ↗

  160. Florida man charged with 142 felony counts after cops see his Instagram page.

    huffpost.com · 2013 ↗

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