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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. 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.

  6. Deception - Wikipedia

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    Digital deception is widely used within different forms of technology to misrepresent someone or something. [14] Through digital deception, people are easily capable of deceiving others whether it be for their own benefit or to ensure their safety. One form of digital deception is catfishing.

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

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    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 ...

  8. 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.

  9. Sydney Sweeney exposes cruel posts about her bikini photo ...

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    The catfish comments, in particular, illuminated the notion that “when [Sweeney] looks polished on Instagram, she’s accused of being fake. When caught candidly by paparazzi, she’s criticised ...