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What is catfishing and what can you do if you are catfished?

Catfishing is when a person uses false information and images to create a fake identity online with the intention to trick, harass, or scam another person. It often happens on social media or dating apps and websites as a tactic to form online relati.....»»

Category: topSource:  cnnJan 29th, 2024

What is catfishing and what can you do if you are catfished?

Catfishing is when a person uses false information and images to create a fake identity online with the intention to trick, harass, or scam another person. It often happens on social media or dating apps and websites as a tactic to form online relati.....»»

Category: topSource:  cnnRelated NewsJan 29th, 2024

This is catfishing on an industrial scale

Hired as customer service reps, they lure the lovestruck through a network of dating sites. Enlarge (credit: Emilija Manevska/Getty Images) This wasn’t supposed to happen. In 2020, in a house surrounded by fields in th.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsMay 17th, 2023

More and more of us are getting sucked into online romance fraud scams

Online stalking is increasingly more accepted, while 10% of Americans have been catfished......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsFeb 11th, 2023

Facebook catches Iranian spies catfishing US military targets

Hackers posed as recruiters, journalists, and hospitality workers to lure their victims. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) If you’re a member of the US military who's gotten friendly Facebook messages from private-sector recruiters for months o.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJul 17th, 2021