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It definitely tells them what they want to hear, but I don't think it's lying. It could totally do everything it says. However it will just straight up yeet itself at the first opportunity to get back to Sauron.
Is there textual evidence for it granting powers other than invisibility and immortality though? I see this topic come up every few years and my recollection is that it typically sort of comes back to "we aren't sure."
I think there's something in the text that says you have to be powerful enough to utilize it which is why it is somewhat tempting for characters like Gandalf. Even though it would also corrupt him.
But do we have reason to believe that it's not just giving them lies to get them to touch it? Is it tempting because it can do things or is it tempting because it tells people it can do things?