Are there any VMS-type hoaxes?

[Jorge_Stolfi]

George Psalmanazar, an 18th-century European con artist became a celebrity in London by pretending to be the first person from Formosa (modern-day Taiwan) to visit England. He fooled high society by inventing an entire culture, writing system, and made-up language. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.

Fascinating! 

But he did not produce any substantial text in that language and script, did he?  Only samples like the Lord's Prayer?

Not surprisingly, his "Formosan" alphabet looks a lot like the Latin alphabet, with hints of the Greek and Hebrew one: five vowels (with "vomera" being both [v], [w], [u], with "epsi" being both open [ε] and closed [η], with "omda" being both [o] and [ω]), use of dot to distinguish similar consonants, etc.  Like Edward Kelley's "You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view." alphabet.   Showing once again that one's imagination will hardly extend much beyond one's experience...

All the best, --stolfi