ONE SCARY CATFISH STORY
What is catfishing?
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People pretending on Facebook or any other social network to be others who they are not are called catfishes
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The risks of catfishing
victims of catfishing
I was catfished by someone who pretended to be one of my ushers at church. Every time I spoke to him on Facebook or Instagram, he was telling me how much he loved me and cared for me. I was surprised because for me he was my usher and was already engaged. When I saw him to church, we could just greet each other and nothing else. After three months speaking with the guy on the internet, I started to ask many questions to myself. Then I decided to go and meet him so that he could tell me what was going on. By the time I reached his place, he was with his fiancee, so I told his fiancee everything. Surprisingly the guy denied everything and said he did not know the person who was using his profile and pretended to be him. That when we discovered that he was catfished. To put an end to that story, my usher and his fiancee both apologized to me. They threatened that catfish to stop disturbing me. Luckily he was scared and stopped writing to me.
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| Is is very dangerous to catfish someone because once you’re caught, these people can sue you if they’ve many or want to, then you’ll end up in prison. Also it is dangerous for the person who has been catfished in the way that the person can easily be heart broken and even loses his or her trust on other people. And most of the time it can damage our personal life if we’ve been a victim of catfishing. |
I was catfished by someone who pretended to be one of my ushers at church. Every time I spoke to him on Facebook or Instagram, he was telling me how much he loved me and cared for me. I was surprised because for me he was my usher and was already engaged. When I saw him to church, we could just greet each other and nothing else. After three months speaking with the guy on the internet, I started to ask many questions to myself. Then I decided to go and meet him so that he could tell me what was going on. By the time I reached his place, he was with his fiancee, so I told his fiancee everything. Surprisingly the guy denied everything and said he did not know the person who was using his profile and pretended to be him. That when we discovered that he was catfished. To put an end to that story, my usher and his fiancee both apologized to me. They threatened that catfish to stop disturbing me. Luckily he was scared and stopped writing to me.
What's next?
Both I and my usher were catfished, what we needed to
do was to download the program called TinEye which gives us the origin of the image
or photo posted on a person’s profile. From there we can easily find out whether
the person we're dealing with is fraud or not.
Where do I look for help?
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SaveTnet is a place where we can be helped. This site gives us all the advises we need and tells us what to do after being catfished. It also provides several strategies on how to discover a fake account and even find out if someone is using our images somewhere. |
The story is both interesting and newsworthy, not scary as i expected.
ReplyDeleteI really like it
thank you so much for your comment @LIMPSKING SA. The fact that many people are victims of catfishing makes both stories scary. It is very scary and even risky to be one off the victims.
DeleteEih #catfishing is really a crime and need to stop as many people are being victimized by those predators.
ReplyDelete@Pascal Bialufu that why internet users need to be aware of their tactics.
DeleteYes and that why we have SaveTNet and this blog
DeleteWhat did you do after finding out that the person you are dealing with is fraud?
ReplyDelete@carolbondo first of all i was very heart broken because i was already in love with the guy. but we both did was just to threatened that catfish so that he could stop writing to me. and as he was very scared he also apolozed to me and we forgave each other.
ReplyDeletefinally i just forgot about him, I also downloaded the program called TinEye on my cellphone so that no one else could catfish me again. And I'm happy because I've found someone who gives me true and real love... lol.
ReplyDeleteYour blog is very interesting, thank you for sharing your story with us. I have learnt more about catfish, but what do you think can be the motivation of these catfishes?
ReplyDeletehey dear thank you for your comment. these catfishes are actually people with bad intention. first they start by creating a fake account on tinder, Facebook , Instagram or any other social networks. they usually use other people's images and sometimes even the names.
DeleteAnd most of the time these catfishes's main aim is the hurt the person or people they're targeting to catfish.
DeleteHey!!Your blog is interesting and the fact that it was written from the horse's mouth. I'm glad that you found out that you were chatting to wrong person in time, while the catfisher hasn't done too damage.
ReplyDeleteHey!!Your blog is interesting and the fact that it was written from the horse's mouth. I'm glad that you found out that you were chatting to wrong person in time, while the catfisher hasn't done too damage.
ReplyDeletehey dear. the truth is that i was also glad to find out that i was loving the wrong person. but the thing was sometimes making angry was the fact that the man that i used to consider as my usher was already engaged to someone else and most of the time we met, we could just greet each other.
Deleteand i even started to hate man because i thought that he was not serious and he was cheating on his fiancee. but lucky we both found out in time and everything went back to normal once again.
DeleteA very interesting blog indeed . it will help those in dating sites to be aware of the people who come after their vulnerability .
ReplyDeletehey dear friend, I'm that you find this story interesting to you. yes, all of us need to aware of catfishing because this can happen to everyone. it is also important that we do not accept friends request and even engage in conversation with people we've never met or we don't know because that's how it always starts and then it leads to a relationship.
Deletehey dear friend, I'm that you find this story interesting to you. yes, all of us need to aware of catfishing because this can happen to everyone. it is also important that we do not accept friends request and even engage in conversation with people we've never met or we don't know because that's how it always starts and then it leads to a relationship.
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