What is Catfishing and How to Avoid Being Catfished
The term catfishing comes from a popular real-life MTV show and the documentary Catfish in 2010, where fraudsters who were pretending to be someone else were unmasked and exposed to their victim. However, although the term is relatively new, the practice of impersonating someone to trick and victimize another person has been going on for ages.
A catfisher will use stock images or information from other people’s profiles and create a whole new persona to commit fraud. Other times, the scammer will actually steal an existing person’s identity and pretend to be them while doing things in their name such as posting on social media, sending messages, or signing up for new accounts.
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