FabSwingers.com forum: Catfishing stories

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

When I was eleven I was on bebo and a ‘guy’ named Rob added me. He was fourteen and lived in England. He added me on MSN and we very quickly became best friends. We used to talk on the phone all the time and although ‘he’ had a girly voice, I thought hey, he maybe just hasn’t hit puberty yet.

I also got to speak to Rob’s friend Rosie, who was lovely!

Fast forward to me, age 14. Rob goes awall for a while, then eventually appears on MSN, saying he has something to tell me. I straight away asked ‘are you Rosie?’ and he asked how I knew. I told him I had known for over a year now, but figured he’d tell me when he was ready.

Rosie was actually 12 when we met, and a lesbian. She had told a few friends at school and was bullied for it, her mum was mentally unwell and feeling low, made a fake account.

I’m now 21, Rosie is 22 and we still have each other’s numbers and we speak on snapchat quite often. We also follow each other on Instagram.

Does anyone have any catfishing stories that aren’t just a fake profile on fab? Doesn’t need to be as positive as mine, but still. Something unusual

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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago

Hillside desolate

Not me, but a male friend of mine got talking online to a woman, they exchanged pictures, he chatted to her on the phone for hours. This went on for years. They eventually arranged to meet, he drove hundreds of miles to meet her and she didn't show up. She later admitted she wasn't the person in the pictures. He still wanted to meet her as they had a connection but she couldn't pluck up the nerve to send a real picture or meet in person. I believe they're still in touch on and off though.

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

"Not me, but a male friend of mine got talking online to a woman, they exchanged pictures, he chatted to her on the phone for hours. This went on for years. They eventually arranged to meet, he drove hundreds of miles to meet her and she didn't show up. She later admitted she wasn't the person in the pictures. He still wanted to meet her as they had a connection but she couldn't pluck up the nerve to send a real picture or meet in person. I believe they're still in touch on and off though. "

Oh bless him for still wanting to meet and keep in contact!

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By *VineMan
over a year ago

The right place

That’s quite a touching story. Shame she didn’t have the courage to send a real pic. I guess she had her reasons. But it sounds like the connection was genuine.

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

Guuuuuuuuuuuuuys!

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

Do you mean catfishing in terms of taking a truth over t’internet and lying about it?

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

I was chatting to a woman on another site but I quickly realised 'she' was a man. I carried on chatting anyway as they were a nice person.

'She' said I should meet her male friend- I knew it was really him. I told her I knew this and I was fine with it and was still his/ her friend but he stopped mailing me.

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

Never been fishing

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

"I was chatting to a woman on another site but I quickly realised 'she' was a man. I carried on chatting anyway as they were a nice person.

'She' said I should meet her male friend- I knew it was really him. I told her I knew this and I was fine with it and was still his/ her friend but he stopped mailing me.

Aww no!

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

"Do you mean catfishing in terms of taking a truth over t’internet and lying about it? "

Someone lying about themselves, and either you discovering the truth or them coming clean

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

Parked in my truck overnight in Tottenham couple of weeks back. Started getting messages from a woman on here, turns out it was a man who was close by and had set up a fake account to get chatting with me.

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

"Do you mean catfishing in terms of taking a truth over t’internet and lying about it?

Someone lying about themselves, and either you discovering the truth or them coming clean "

Oh, so not lying about someone else. Gotcha.

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

"Do you mean catfishing in terms of taking a truth over t’internet and lying about it?

Someone lying about themselves, and either you discovering the truth or them coming clean "

Lying about who they are***

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

There was a story in the papers a while back about a man who was chatting to this woman but she thought he was a model from turkey whereas in fact he was some old man who was lonely..

It went on a few years and she wanted to meet and he eventually came clean and obviously didn't want to meet.. so she tracked down the turkish model and wrote him a letter and they started corresponding ..

And now they are married

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

"There was a story in the papers a while back about a man who was chatting to this woman but she thought he was a model from turkey whereas in fact he was some old man who was lonely..

And now they are married

Aww that has a lovely ending!!!

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

"Do you mean catfishing in terms of takings a truth over t’internet and lying about it?

Someone lying about themselves, and either you discovering the truth or them coming clean

Oh, so not lying about someone else. Gotcha."

In answer to the OP, nope. But sure as heck know about the other.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Its an interesting topic and theres usually a reason behind it as this thread shows. If i was being genuinely catfished and not just fake profiles wanting attentio. Im not sure id be angry more interested to know why. Having said that i suppose those that do put fake profiles up just to get attention have their reasons as well

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

That should say wouldnt be angry

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

"Its an interesting topic and theres usually a reason behind it as this thread shows. If i was being genuinely catfished and not just fake profiles wanting attentio. Im not sure id be angry more interested to know why. Having said that i suppose those that do put fake profiles up just to get attention have their reasons as well"

I doubt I’d fall for it now age 21, not for that long anyway. I fell for it for two years, had my suspicions for a year and a bit then was accepting when they revealed the truth. I enjoyed (and still do) the friendship and didn’t want to lose that person, no matter who they were really

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By *hubaysiWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

Not had anything like this but had a few ‘dreamers’ communicate with me from various sites over the years, some who could have won Oscars....

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

"Not had anything like this but had a few ‘dreamers’ communicate with me from various sites over the years, some who could have won Oscars....

Did you ever fall for it? I think nowadays it is more difficult to get away with it

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

Is it called the same when it doesnt happen online. Have had a few troubled people tell lies about their lives for the sympathy. You pretty much know its all lies, but its hard to burst their bubble face to face.

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

I’m just pleased that admin on here seem to be on top of the issue.

My experience has largely been when I’ve reported it they’ve investigated and dealt with it promptly.

Big hats off to the mods here on FabSwingers, on some other sites I’ve been on the evidence has been overwhelming but STILL they let them continue! I can’t ever understand why other sites would let that happen - surely it makes a mockery of their integrity?

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

"Parked in my truck overnight in Tottenham couple of weeks back. Started getting messages from a woman on here, turns out it was a man who was close by and had set up a fake account to get chatting with me. "

I get the guys on couples profiles. Who have set up a fake account to say they are single.

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

"Is it called the same when it doesnt happen online. Have had a few troubled people tell lies about their lives for the sympathy. You pretty much know its all lies, but its hard to burst their bubble face to face. "

I’ve seen that on here too

very sad to lie to make yourself look good and get lots of applause from others!

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

I get the guys on couples profiles. Who have set up a fake account to say they are single. "

If i have a fault it's my honesty so i can't understand people doing things like this.

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

OP - once went on date with a guy who’d had chatted to a girl for months and arranged a date. He sat waiting when a girl sat next him and started talking to him. He quickly realised it was the lady from online, the problem was she was NOTHING like the pictures. He explained that she didn’t even mention this lie and continued to chat like nothing was wrone. Eventually, he asked her and she said she’d downloaded them and what did it matter!

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

"OP - once went on date with a guy who’d had chatted to a girl for months and arranged a date. He sat waiting when a girl sat next him and started talking to him. He quickly realised it was the lady from online, the problem was she was NOTHING like the pictures. He explained that she didn’t even mention this lie and continued to chat like nothing was wrone. Eventually, he asked her and she said she’d downloaded them and what did it matter!

Oh wow?! What was her reply?

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By *illy_the_tvTV/TS
over a year ago

hoorn, Netherlands

I was chatting to a lady for a while, she told me about her love of swimming and had big seductive lips. We hit it off really well so decided to meet up. Big shock when it turned out to be a catfish, a literal catfish. Good blowjob though

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

Oh wow?! What was her reply? "

That is didn’t matter as they got on; she continued the date. He said he just sat in shock but didn’t see her again.

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

"I was chatting to a lady for a while, she told me about her love of swimming and had big seductive lips. We hit it off really well so decided to meet up. Big shock when it turned out to be a catfish, a literal catfish. Good blowjob though

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By *ugby 123Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

O o O oo

Can people please leave their issues with other people away from the forum please as 1. you are in danger of a time out and 2. it spoils threads when you take it over with veiled comments

Thanks

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

Before joining Fab this time I chatted with a woman off CL for a while. She sent me photos of her and she looked like quite a beautiful young woman. I sent my pics and we agreed there was mutual attraction. She took some convincing but I eventually got her to agree to meet. The night before, I felt it would be nice to surprise her with something if we hit it off. So I took a few hours to draw her portrait from one of her photos.

When I turned up she was probably 20 years older and significantly bigger. Looking back, I suspect the pictures must have been of her daughter

Being a gentleman, I still sat with her and had a drink. When we parted I thought to give her the portrait, purely because it might mean more to her than me. But it just felt weird giving her a drawing of someone else

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

"Before joining Fab this time I chatted with a woman off CL for a while. She sent me photos of her and she looked like quite a beautiful young woman. I sent my pics and we agreed there was mutual attraction. She took some convincing but I eventually got her to agree to meet. The night before, I felt it would be nice to surprise her with something if we hit it off. So I took a few hours to draw her portrait from one of her photos.

When I turned up she was probably 20 years older and significantly bigger. Looking back, I suspect the pictures must have been of her daughter

Oh lord!! What did she think of the picture? Did she explain why she did it?

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By *hubaysiWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

When I turned up she was probably 20 years older and significantly bigger. Looking back, I suspect the pictures must have been of her daughter

Ladies we have here a very romantic man....

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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago

Hillside desolate

When I turned up she was probably 20 years older and significantly bigger. Looking back, I suspect the pictures must have been of her daughter

Aw that's a nice thing to do, but how funny if she gave you the picture back saying "eeehm that's a bit full on for a first date mate"

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

"Oh lord!! What did she think of the picture? Did she explain why she did it?"

I didn't give it because it was quite transparently either of someone else, her daughter, or her many many years ago. She was a sweet, shy, woman who I liked the sound of online chatting. We worked up quite a rapport over a couple of weeks. Hence the romantic gesture in the back pocket. But the minute I saw her it was obviously a massive catfish moment. If she'd been the woman in the pictures I may never have joined here. Mind... she was married haha

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

"Ladies we have here a very romantic man....

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

"Aw that's a nice thing to do, but how funny if she gave you the picture back saying "eeehm that's a bit full on for a first date mate"

Haha yeah it was a bit intense looking back. So I don't know if I'd actually have given it even if it was the woman in the pics. But it was nice spending a moment drawing her and wondering what it was going to be like to meet her

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

"Oh lord!! What did she think of the picture? Did she explain why she did it?

After all that she was married?!

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

I was single and on a lots of fishes website. Was contacted by a local woman with numerous photos. I’m sure people can guess I like a bit of kink and the conversation went that way. We didn’t meet up as she stated she was away working. If I’m honest I was flattered with the attention having come out of a long term relationship and my male brain ignored a few too good to be true things.

A few months later I’d met someone and had dated for a bit. Introduced her to friends etc as soon as I’d done this the first female popped up again and started chatting. Now my head was in a clearer place by then and I knew something was very wrong about it. For someone who seemed completely into me she could never meet or talk on phone. I kept chatting to her as I was trying to identify who she was. I had an inkling who would be behind it and I’ve got methods of identifying from communications.

The woman I had dated a bit then got a screenshot of all past and present conversations. The dating profile immediately disappeared.

Turns out it was an ex running a profile and had ran numerous ones with different womens images attempting to contact me when I’d been on the website.

I’ve had numerous women contact me on social media as a friend of a friend which with my settings just isn’t possible someone could look at anything of mine so I know she’s still up to things years later.

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

"Oh lord!! What did she think of the picture? Did she explain why she did it?

After all that she was married?! "

Haha it was craigslist... what did you expect?

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