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– 2024-05-03 19:27:26″>catfishing“, takes advantage of the side sentimental and innocence of the people.
The word “catfishing” is an Anglicized word that refers to the crime of identity theft on social networks or the internet, to appear to be someone without really being it.
The identity theft used in “catfishing” has been made public since 2010, due to a documentary video by the photographer Nev Schulman.
Nev Schulman exposed his own case on the Internet and it went so viral that he even had his own television show “Catfishing, lies on the Internet” on the MTV network.
In 2024 the term was used again catfishing for two cases:
- Sandy Somarriba was scammed by a person who posed as Luis Miguel
- Sweet Bobby, the longest documented catfishing case in history and whose story reached Netflix
Nev Schulman, host of the Catfishing show, lies on the MTV network/internet
Catfishing, what is common in all cases
Almost always in reported cases of “catfishing” the person behind the fake social media profile, dating app or internet gets some kind of benefit of the long-distance relationship he maintains with his victim, almost always of a loving nature.
in which is responsible for manipulating the other person so that it does what I tell it, from send him money until obtaining other types of objectives. This usually occurs due to a series of lies about the abuser’s personal situation.
Or the person who practices “catfishing” also looks for extort his victim due to the personal information you have or even photographs of it so that you can still get something in return.
How not to fall into catfishing?
There are several options to avoid falling into this estafa de catfishingBelow we list those that may help you detect it in time:
- Do not provide personal data on social networks
- Search the person’s name on the internet or social networks to see if it matches what they tell you or if they stole the data from another person in real life
- Abusers’ profiles have too many qualities that you find attractive
- The social media or internet profile is new and has little data about the person
- They refuse to make video calls or meet in person
- They reveal feelings very quickly in the relationship
- They ask you for money or some good
- They blackmail or manipulate you with personal information or photographs that you may have provided before
- Avoid providing banking or personal details to third parties on unverified websites or over the phone
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