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A catfish may ask you for sensitive images and money. Many scammers use already available photos of other people in their fake personas, which may be possible to spot using a reverse image search.
Catfishing is often employed on dating websites, social media, and email [16] by perpetrators to disassociate from their real-life identities and shield themselves from moral obligations or responsibilities. Motivations for catfishing are typically malevolent and may include sexual, financial, or social gain. [17]
The term was dubbed in the 2010 documentary "Catfish" which explored the journey of a young man who was lied to by a... 7 Ways To Spot Catfishing Scams Before They Cost You Big Money Skip to main ...
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A falsified passport used in an Internet romance scam. The deception can be obvious to observers — for example, the photo on this passport does not comply with regulations for size or pose — but victims often overlook these signs.
However, while "Jessi" was a real person, Thomas had unknowingly been chatting online with her mother, Mary Shieler, who was catfishing, posing as her daughter online. Jessi was tragically unaware of her mother's macabre undertakings until after Barrett's murder, when her mother's role in the case came to light.
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