Catfish

Before I go into this blog about catfish(online dating scams) I was once a victim of being cat fished.I know must people wanted to find the love of their lives, but we must be cautious when giving our love to someone online. There are people who took advantage of people's emotions and their financially this is called,"Catfish." Now according to Urban Dictionary a catfish is someone who pretends to be someone they're not using Facebook or other social media to create false identities, particularly to pursue deceptive online romances. For example, if you are a male on social media who is looking for love and you found an attractive female a ten out of 10 you and her are talking and getting chemistry going and all of a sudden she asks for money to see her from a different country and it goes vie-versa for male and females.


Okay lets say she ask for about 250 dollars for her bill payment like the rent,bills, and etc. So your interested in her or him you do it. I can remember a time this random chick ask me for $300 dollars for her rent and this was in 2012  I was a fool and overweight and lonely for love I did it for love or so I thought. Next then I supposed to meet her at the mall I called her over and over she says," I am on way baby." I was waiting 2 hours for her to show and guess what she never show up at all. There are millions and millions people who are cat fished everyday of the week 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 52 weeks a year.

Now there are some people give about their retirement pensions, live savings,inheritances and get this their bank information for their catfish lovers. Sometimes people will travel all around the world to meet catfish in person and all of sudden they never show up at all. Once the truth is exposed to the victims their lives are devastated and destroyed think about the their hard-earned money and their savings are gone and not to mention the emotional ties behind the online dating world. My message is this do not be a victim of a catfish online dating okay everyone.

I forgot to mention that they are people right now are being awareness to cat fishing for people to beware for the scams. People like MTV's Catfish host  Nev Schulman and Co-host
Max Joseph exposing the catfish money scams everywhere all across the United States for viewers to beware of catfish and preventing future victims of cat fishing(not the species of Catfish) Here are some news articles see below everyone. My Next blog will be," Is Today's Social Meida becoming the new Myspace?" Tune in to find out everyone take care

 

Saskatoon widow who lost $191k in ‘catfish’ scam appears on ‘Dr. Phil’

http://globalnews.ca/news/936493/saskatoon-widow-who-lost-191k-in-catfish-scam-appears-on-dr-phil/

5 Ways to Spot a Catfish Scam This Valentine's Day

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-levin/5-ways-to-spot-catfishers_b_4762940.html

Local woman duped by love in 'catfish' scam

http://www.10news.com/news/local-woman-duped-by-love-in-catfish-scam-12172013