When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. What is catfishing and what can you do if you are ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/catfishing-catfished-160436636.html

    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

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catfishing

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

    www.aol.com/7-ways-spot-catfishing-scams...

    Perhaps the biggest red flag of a catfish, other than fake or stolen profile photos, is that this person refuses to video chat with you. They may say they have poor Wi-Fi, an old phone or are self ...

  5. Online catfishing abuser believed to have targeted 3,500 ...

    www.aol.com/online-catfishing-abuser-believed...

    A Northern Ireland man at the centre of a global web of catfishing, blackmail and sexual abuse is believed by police to have targeted about 3,500 children. ... it took minutes for him contacting ...

  6. Welcome to ‘career catfishing’ — Gen Z’s new ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/finance/welcome-career-catfishing...

    The results found career catfishing is one of many strategies employees are using to gain more autonomy at work, including coffee badging and quiet vacationing. However, Gen Z applicants aren’t ...

  7. British man sentenced in "catfishing" case behind U.S. girl's ...

    www.aol.com/british-man-sentenced-catfishing...

    A Northern Ireland man was sentenced Friday to a minimum of 20 years in prison after being found guilty by a U.K. court in what has been described as the biggest criminal "catfishing" case in the ...

  8. The Story Behind 'Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara'

    www.aol.com/story-behind-fanatical-catfishing...

    Instead, someone pretending to be her was exploiting the trust of an adoring and vulnerable fanbase. The hacker—known by the band and those close to them as Fake Tegan, or Fegan—would continue ...

  9. Netflix's 'Sweet Bobby' is the story of an 8-year catfishing ...

    www.aol.com/netflixs-sweet-bobby-story-8...

    In "Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare," Kirat Assi describes being deceived for almost a decade. The catfisher created multiple fake Facebook accounts to keep up the deceit.