​Why do so many people lie at networking events?

Went to my first networking event last week.

Met several people and got a lot of connects.

My business is small I only have 15 workers and I did not lie or extend the truth at all at this event as I have no reason to and want to build an honest relationship with others.

Most of them were pretty useful for my business and would actually help my small business grow. However, when I reached out to a few, I noticed most of them don’t have half of the stuff they talked about in person. I needed a marketing company with actual experience to help my business grow. Company A said they have been in business for over 10 years and do all types of marketing with discounts. Went on their low effort 1 page site, they just used Google analytics and used their initial $500 discount, I can do thay myself, they also were in business for only 2 years. Another company B claimed to have 200 workers and would offer to staff a few workers for my company. They had only 3 actual people working for them and were in business for about a year.

Why do people lie at these events? I feel like i wasted my day going to an event where people take pride in lying on their faces?