#catfishing — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #catfishing, aggregated by home.social.
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Jezebel: Infiltrating the Jennifer Aniston Twitter Bot Squad. “In case you slept through the last decade, the website formerly known as Twitter has devolved into something of a patient zero for dead internet theory. In other words, it’s pretty much just bots, with a side of Poo Crave and Elon Musk. An article published in The New Yorker last week cited a study estimating that, in a sample of […]
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So, I'm either the recipient of an attempted #scam OR the US #DOJ is #catfishing for info. I just received a very weird letter in the mail from what claimed to be the DOJ, but then had two different Maine addresses associated with the mailing. Also, they also didn't have my full name. Anyhow, I looked up the docket number, 25-CR-00176, and it's associated with #LuigiMangione's trial. It also stated that as a "victim" I was owed compensation. Very fishy!!!
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"Gamble’s operation against the 36-year-old Field seems to have gone further than a candid-camera gotcha to a long-term #catfishing operation that involves a deep, sustained cultivation of political targets."
‘I thought I had my future wife’: The Florida woman catfishing America’s political class - POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/02/bumble-new-jersey-gamble-catfishing-crowder-00941061
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The Mary Sue: From catfishing to patronizing takes on her appearance by a looksmaxxer, this woman just went through the holy grail of tinder date fails. “A woman’s Tinder date with a self-proclaimed “looksmaxxer” turned into a nightmare when the supposed 6’3″ influencer she’d been talking to for six months showed up as a 5’6″ catfish who spent their entire ramen meal critiquing her face.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/27/the-mary-sue-from-catfishing-to-patronizing-takes-on-her-appearance-by-a-looksmaxxer-this-woman-just-went-through-the-holy-grail-of-tinder-date-fails/ -
Beware of #scammers #catfishing Report and block. @markmarkwill
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CW: Catfishing Day 659
Meh, didn’t know any of the ones I got wrong. Wild I didn’t know that they remade that movie #catfishing.net
#659 - 4/10
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This Tabby Cat Says He’s ‘Busy Fishing’ and TikTok Completely Gets It
A tabby cat’s priorities feel very relatable.https://pethelpful.com/pet-news/tabby-cat-busy-fishing-tiktok
#tiktok #tiktokfunny #tiktokcat #cat #funnycat #funny #tabbycat #fishing #catfishing #catlovers #tech #cattech #tiktokmeme #meme #catpriorities
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A rising football star was destroyed by a social media scam. Manti Te'o's story is as heartbreaking as it is eye-opening. Victim of online catfishing, his fake long-distance fiancée not only broke his heart but also ruined his career. Here's how it happened.
#catfishing #socialMedia #onlineScams #mantiTeo
https://negativepid.blog/social-media-crimes-the-case-of-manti-teo/
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#Catfishing ist, wenn jemand im Internet vorgibt, jemand zu sein, der er nicht ist – mit gefälschtem Namen, erfundener Geschichte, rührseligem Pathos und meistens dem Ziel, Vertrauen in Geld zu verwandeln. Die Methode kommt Euch bekannt vor? In der #ZDF Mediathek gibt's ne interessante Doku dazu.
WTF is Jule?!: Doku-Serie -
A rising football star was destroyed by a social media scam. Manti Te'o's story is as heartbreaking as it is eye-opening. Victim of online catfishing, his fake long-distance fiancée not only broke his heart but also ruined his career. Here's how it happened.
#catfishing #socialMedia #onlineScams #mantiTeo
https://negativepid.blog/social-media-crimes-the-case-of-manti-teo/
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A rising football star was destroyed by a social media scam. Manti Te'o's story is as heartbreaking as it is eye-opening. Victim of online catfishing, his fake long-distance fiancée not only broke his heart but also ruined his career. Here's how it happened.
#catfishing #socialMedia #onlineScams #mantiTeo
https://negativepid.blog/social-media-crimes-the-case-of-manti-teo/
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A rising football star was destroyed by a social media scam. Manti Te'o's story is as heartbreaking as it is eye-opening. Victim of online catfishing, his fake long-distance fiancée not only broke his heart but also ruined his career. Here's how it happened.
#catfishing #socialMedia #onlineScams #mantiTeo
https://negativepid.blog/social-media-crimes-the-case-of-manti-teo/
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A rising football star was destroyed by a social media scam. Manti Te'o's story is as heartbreaking as it is eye-opening. Victim of online catfishing, his fake long-distance fiancée not only broke his heart but also ruined his career. Here's how it happened.
#catfishing #socialMedia #onlineScams #mantiTeo
https://negativepid.blog/social-media-crimes-the-case-of-manti-teo/
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Welp, guess I got catfished 🤷
#LemonTheCat #CatsOfMastodon #cats #petsofmastodon #pets #catfishing #catfish #catfished #fishing #greatcatch #jaws #sharky
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Gander International Airport (CYQX) warns about catfishing as people arrive to meet loved ones who don’t exist
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/10/06/airport-warns-about-catfishing-as-people-arrive-to-meet-loved-ones-who-dont-exist/
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L'aéroport international de Gander (CYQX) met en garde contre la cyberimposture alors que les gens arrivent pour rencontrer des êtres chers qui n'existent pas// Article en anglais //
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BBC: BBC tracks down sextortion scammer targeting teenage boys. “‘I have your nudes and everything needed to ruin your life’. This chilling message was received on social media by US teenager Evan Boettler, from someone he had previously believed to be a young girl – in fact, it was a cyber-scammer. Just 90 minutes after receiving the first message, the 16-year-old took his own life.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/06/bbc-bbc-tracks-down-sextortion-scammer-targeting-teenage-boys/
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CW: Catfishing day #465
… and because of #catfishing today I learned about a game that I hadn’t seen before that looks interesting, so yay!
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Mashable: If you think you’re talking to an LPGA golfer online, no you’re not. “As The Athletic reports in its ‘Stalking in Sports’ series, LPGA athletes are increasingly being impersonated in catfishing scams that prey on older men, leaving players to deal with the fallout — harassment at tournaments, threats at home, and genuine fear for their safety.”
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National Catfish Day.
#catfish #fishing #fish #catfishing #catchandrelease #fishinglife #aquarium #bassfishing #bigfish #siluro #waller #fishtank #bass #wels #outdoors #pleco #nature #silure #pike #river #angler #monsterfish #largemouthbass #carpfishing #riverfishing #freshwaterfish #tilapia #aquariumhobby #carp #freshwater Today is celebrated as the 25th National Catfish Day. This day includes visiting catfish farms and collecting information about catfish. Mostly…
https://itsmostamazingindia.wordpress.com/2025/06/25/national-catfish-day/
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There wouldn’t be #catfishing if there were not gold-diggers.
It is thus appropriate to put your best foot forward and woo when genocided.
No one dates insulting. There is not a viable match made in injury and humiliation.
But there are no hearts of gold on the mainland.
Are men just objectified bank accounts?
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Le #catfishing consiste à monter une fausse identité sur Internet 🥸 dans le but d'entretenir une #relation amoureuse à distance.
Les victimes sont touchées sentimentalement et parfois aussi financièrement. 💔 -
Just created an account on Bluesky for @walklakes and within minutes we've been followed by multiple accounts which are clearly #catfishing. Depressing.
Still, we have had some real followers too so that's good.
We're @walklakes.co.uk on there if you're interested in #LakeDistrict walking but, as you'll see from the link above, we're already on Mastodon ...
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I’m in the process of being #catfished on #Bumble and I'm having fun and so, allegedly, are they.
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"Shit just realised this dating profile could be a scammer. Although I'm not sure....
Welp... better ask them to take a selfie with a spoon on their head or something else wildly random as to make sure the pictures aren't someone elses."
I have not got any sleep so far cus I am still texting and trying to figure it out.... My gawd.