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  2. Catfishing - Wikipedia

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    Similarly to a traditional Carnival celebration involving attendees masking their faces, the Internet allows catfishers to mask their true identities.. Catfishing refers to the creation of a fictitious online persona, or fake identity (typically on social networking platforms), with the intent of deception, [1] usually to mislead a victim into an online romantic relationship or to commit ...

  3. What is catfishing and what can you do if you are ... - AOL

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    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 ...

  4. 7 Ways To Spot Catfishing Scams Before They Cost You ... - AOL

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    They Use Photos of Someone Else. Catfish scam artists usually use pictures in their social media profile that they say are of them but are not. Often, they represent themselves as conventionally ...

  5. Hunting The Catfish Crime Gang - Wikipedia

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    Hunting The Catfish Crime Gang is a BBC Three television documentary. The programme is presented by James Blake and follows his investigation into a criminal network that stole his identity and used it for an online catfishing scam. During the investigation, the programme revealed that hundreds of fake social media profiles had been set up ...

  6. Romance scam - Wikipedia

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    Romance scammers create personal profiles using stolen photographs of attractive people for the purpose of asking others to contact them. This is often known as catfishing. Often photos of unknown actresses or models will be used to lure the victim into believing they are talking to that person.

  7. Why do Nashville Predators fans throw catfish on the ice ...

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    What happens to catfish on ice at Nashville Predators games? Members of the ice crew gather the carcasses, put them in a gold bucket and deliver them immediately into a trash compactor at the arena.

  8. Sadfishing - Wikipedia

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    Sadfishing can be caused by many things, the main reason being that someone doesn't get enough attention, and/or has low self-respect. This is proven by the fact that people sadfishing are looking for compliments: very close to narcissistic behaviour, but with desire for compliments from other people for self-satisfaction.

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