Dupery
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act or practice of duping; the condition of being deceived.
Hoax
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To deceive (someone) by making them believe something which has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.
Example sentence: Together with Milan and our media team, we released a statement clearly stating it was a hoax and there was no truth in the rumour that I had Ebola. And that's when the whole thing started to die down. Still, it took about two days or so for people to actually stop talking about it.