I knew someone who lied as soon as he opened his mouth. Claimed to be a car mechanic, except, he was fired three months into his apprenticeship for not turning up and not doing the school part.
Then he claimed to be with the police and in the drug squad, even went as far as showing my mum some hash, which he had claimed to have seized in a drugs raid.
He then claimed to be in a special protection unit, protecting the hospital room of a German politician who'd been shot with life changing results.
Or he was a member of a crisis intervention team with the police, or a millionaire or that he had single handedly apprehended an arsonist
Another time he claimed that an actress in a commercial for shampoo was his girlfriend and the children featured there were theirs.
In reality, he's a drug and alcohol addicted layabout who has spent almost as much time behind bars as he did on the outside. He did have children with at least two of his former girlfriends, but refused to acknowledge them and never paid a penny in maintenance.
For some reason, my mother always believed her younger brother whereas my dad would say "If he says good morning, he's already lied". After my dad died, he swindled my mother out of thousands, all with the promise of paying her back asap, money that was given to us by friends, colleagues and aquaintances of my dad's to help until the pensions were sorted. This caused a huge rift between my mother and I, as she put her brother and his unbelievable nonsense before her children, their future and their needs.
My grandparents fuelled his behaviour by worshipping the ground he walked on, always giving him money, they also believed every word he said.
He had to attend my grandfather's funeral in handcuffs and with two police officers as escort and was only allowed to stay for the service before he was moved back to prison.
When my grandmother was seriously ill with cancer, he stole her wedding ring off her finger and sold everything in the house that was not nailed down.
As I had cut all contact years earlier, I only found out when my brother told me after clearing the house, not that I would have wanted anything from there.
I know that he's still allive and was a candidate for the council in the town he lives in (in Germany), but was to well known to get a significant share of the votes. One of these days I do hope karma strikes when he least expects it.