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  2. 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 ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Your Must-Have Cheat Sheet for Cybersecurity Terms - AOL

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    Along with these new phrases, cybersecurity has joined the club of terms that can be confusing. That’s why we gathered some of the most common cybersecurity phrases and their definitions to help ...

  5. Career catfishing - Wikipedia

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    Career catfishing refers to the practice of new employees deliberately not showing up for work on their first official day of employment, which emerged in the mid-2020s. The term is derived from catfishing , which refers to creating a fake identity or online persona with the intent of deception.

  6. 7 Ways To Spot Catfishing Scams Before They Cost You ... - AOL

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    Now, if you look up “catfish,” it’s got two definitions. The first one pertains to the actual fish; the second reads, “a person who sets up a false personal profile on a social networking ...

  7. Online child abuse - Wikipedia

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    The definition of a catfish is "a person who sets up a false personal profile on a social networking site for fraudulent or deceptive purposes." [ 34 ] Although catfishing is not exclusively used by online groomers, it is a common way in which groomers contact their potential victim and build trust through a more-trustworthy false identity.

  8. Romance Scams: FBI, Zelle and Catfishing Expert Nev ... - AOL

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    To help combat the problem of romance scams, Zelle teamed up with romance scam expert and host of MTV’s “Catfish,” Nev Schulman, to educate people on how to identify red flags and avoid ...

  9. Typosquatting - Wikipedia

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    [8] [9] Over 550 typosquats related to the 2020 U.S. presidential election were detected in 2019. [ 10 ] The Magniber ransomware is being distributed in a typosquatting method that exploits typos made when entering domains, targeting mainly Chrome and Edge users.