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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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    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 financial fraud. [2]

  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. 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.

  7. Am I falling for ChatGPT? The dark world of AI catfishing on ...

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    Catfishing – the act of taking on another identity online – has already long been an issue for people making connections via social media or dating apps.

  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. The FTC says 'gamified' online job scams by WhatsApp and text ...

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    Someone sends a text or WhatsApp message to the target about online jobs. When the target responds, the sender says they’ll need to complete tasks related to topics such as “app optimization ...