false credentials
Fabricated professional history
False credentials are qualifications, certifications, or professional backgrounds that someone claims but doesn't actually possess.
The phrase typically describes deliberate misrepresentation—a doctor practicing with a fake medical degree, a job applicant listing an MBA they never earned.
He was fired when they discovered his false credentials.
The deception may involve forged documents or simply lies on a résumé.
- fakeNot the real thing
- fake IDFraudulent identity document
- forgedMade by smithing, or faked
- diplomaAcademic completion document
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
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- false identitiesassumed identity, alias, assumed name, pseudonym, fake ID
- aliasesalias, pseudonym, assumed name, code name, cover name
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