{"id":20424,"date":"2022-09-27T11:48:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T18:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/?p=20424"},"modified":"2022-09-26T12:22:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T19:22:31","slug":"how-to-outsmart-a-catfish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/how-to-outsmart-a-catfish\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Outsmart a Catfish"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the modern age, the entire world is opened up to you. You can communicate and interact with anyone anywhere in the world. This great development in human history comes with a downside, however. The problem is, it’s very difficult to tell whether or not the person you’re talking to online is real. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catfishing<\/a> scams were responsible for $547 million<\/a> in stolen money in 2021 alone. And that’s just in America! So it’s safe to say that catfishing is no joke. But that raises the all-important question, what do you do if you’re talking to a catfish? How do you outsmart a catfish<\/a> scammer? We will cover all this and more in this article, so let’s jump into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Perform an Online Search<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n

Whether you suspect something suspicious or not, it never hurts to do some digging online before meeting someone in person. With any information you have (email<\/a>, phone number<\/a>, name<\/a>, location, etc) perform a search and see what you find. There are various platforms you can use to look someone up. While you may not discover much, you can at least verify the name associated with an email or a phone number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can also learn a lot by examining the \u201ccatfishers\u201d profile. Does something not add up? Does it seem too good to be true? Catfishers often use fake profile pictures<\/a> which do not look realistic. As for their interests, they may leave them very broad to attract more people to chat with. If it seems too good to be true, it might be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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