FabSwingers.com forum: Elaborate catfishing?

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Have been catfished a few too many times in varying forms from the person being completely different from the picture, to the picture being a few years out of date.

I just don't get who this serves? Surely it's as disappointing for the person catfishing as the person being catfished.

I feel it's very dishonest, and seems to just be accepted here? Thoughts?

By *ealitybitesMan
over a year ago

Belfast

Who's accepting it?

Never been catfished ever so can't speak from experience but there are always red flags if you look closely enough.

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Who's accepting it?

Never been catfished ever so can't speak from experience but there are always red flags if you look closely enough. "

The issue for me is that I used to be able to pick it out very easily. It's becoming difficult as they seem to be more intricate

By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

Levels of sophistication in all scams is increasing exponentially, as is very evident from the number of victims being reported to Action Fraud in GB, and all the PSNI and Gardai.

The internet provides a rich vein of victims to exploit, and networking between groups of scammers who share 'suckers lists' and run 'boiler houses' in Spain and India, helps them to develop layered scams that purport to assist victims of phishing, but are really the next stage of the scam

Highly elaborate scams do not obvious red flags.

I personally know a guy who lost all his capital to a romance scammer; the financial abuse only ended when she was effectively deported to her homeland.

It took a phenomenal amount of effort to eventually convince him that he was merely being exploited for his assets.