In May 2018, a photo started circulating on social media websites. The photo showed different kinds of cars and trucks that were parked in front of what looked like a repair shop. A sign above the entrance read “Maymaan Engine Hoax”. Many people thought it was a real mechanic shop somewhere in the Middle East or South Asia (perhaps Pakistan?). But this mechanic shop appeared to specialize in fixing engines for supercars like Ferraris, Lamborghinis and McLarens.
There were also images of men working on engines with their shirt sleeves rolled up, so you could see their tattoos, which were presumably Maori designs. The caption said something like: “If you love your car so much that you want to keep it forever…” – some weird stuff about preserving your engine as if it is your soul or something. Social media went wild over this and many potential car buyers shared it with their friends with raised eyebrows and questions marks! Was this real? How can they sell an engine? Is this expensive? What kind of bizarre things are going on in the world of supercars?
Maymaan Engine Hoax Explained
Maymaan is a hoax that started in 2017 when a Facebook user named “Maymaan engine” posted a photo of a “fake mechanic shop”. The caption said that the shop specializes in repairing supercars’ engines and offers 50% off suggested retail price of the engine. The photo was an obvious photoshop job with the name, logo and address of a real mechanic shop that was located in Turkey. The owners of the shop said that it was a huge hoax and had nothing to do with it. They said that some of their customers thought that the engine in the photo was a Ferrari. However, it was just a Mercedes engine.
The Truth About Maymaan Engine Hoax
The truth is that the Maymaan engine hoax is the collective name given to a series of similarly themed photoshopped images about a fake mechanic shop that specializes in repairing supercars’ engines. These images have been posted multiple times on social media and have gone viral every time. The shop in the images is a real mechanic shop located in Turkey. The owners of the shop said that it was a huge hoax and had nothing to do with it. They said that some of their customers thought that the engine in the photo was a Ferrari. However, it was just a Mercedes engine.
The Real Meaning of Maymaan in Arabic
Maymaan is the Arabic word for engine. So, Maymaan engine hoax is the hoax involving a fake mechanic shop that specializes in repairing supercars’ engines. It is not uncommon for Arabic words to be translated differently depending on the context. For example, the Arabic word for “good” is “khair” and the Arabic word for “bad” is “sharr”. However, when these words are used in a sentence, the translation is different. For example, you can say, “khair ek hai” for “good is one thing” or “sharr ek hai” for “bad is one thing”. You can see that both sentences have the same words but are translated differently.
How This Photo Went Viral and Was Mistranslated?
Since the Maymaan engine hoax is the collective name given to a series of similarly themed Photoshopped images, it is unlikely that the hoax will be busted. The images were posted on social media by a user in 2017. Since then, they have been reposted many times with the same caption and have gone viral every time. The images have been reposted so many times that it is impossible to identify the person who started it. The fact that these images are photoshopped is obvious but many people repost them without verifying their authenticity. They just share them without thinking and without critically examining them because they believe that the images are real and are being shared for a good reason.
Conclusion
The Maymaan engine hoax started in 2017 when a Facebook user named “Maymaan engine” posted a photo of a “fake mechanic shop”. The caption said that the shop specializes in repairing supercars’ engines and offers 50% off suggested retail price of the engine. The photo was an obvious photoshop job with the name, logo and address of a real mechanic shop that was located in Turkey. The owners of the shop said that it was a huge hoax and had nothing to do with it. They s
aid that some of their customers thought that the engine in the photo was a Ferrari. However, it was just a Mercedes engine. Since the Maymaan engine hoax is the collective name given to a series of similarly themed photoshopped images, it is unlikely that the hoax will be busted. The images have been posted on social media by a user in 2017 and have been reposted many times with the same caption and have gone viral every time. It is likely that they will continue to be shared in the future.
