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Online Catfishing and Fake identities

Published on Apr 25, 2016

Cat-phishing, or fake identities is not a victimless crime and it can be really dangerous. You never know who when someone is actually posing as someone else.

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online CAtfishing

and what it can do
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catfishing/fake identities

  • is not a victimless crime
  • can put you in lots of danger
  • can steal your personal information
  • you never know when one person is framing as someone else

how to avoid it

  • Be suspicious if someone contacts you out of the blue
  • don't forget your online safety rules
  • ask for proof of who they really are
  • trust your gut
  • if you don´t think you know the person who is friending you, don´t friend back

when you think you are being catfished

  • never, ever give your personal information to the fake person
  • if you are not sure who the people actually are, don´T panic, just ask them certain info on who they are trying to be
  • if you know that the person is actually a fraud, contact
  • reverse lookup their profile images, meaning copy the image and paste it into a google search. if there are more than one photo, or even profile of that person

That´s all folks!

and stay safe online!