Is the story of a Memphis man arrested for scratching off every scratch-off ticket at a Germantown Exxon station real? No, that’s not true: Lead Stories did not find any records corroborating the tale, which originated on social media platforms. Two AI detection tools concluded the text was AI-generated.
The claim appeared in a post (archived here) published by @Soaringeagle45 on X on May 18, 2026. It opened:
BREAKING: A Memphis man has been arrested after allegedly scratching off EVERY SINGLE scratch-off ticket at a Germantown Exxon while working the register… because apparently his retirement strategy was ‘manifesting.’…