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I Was Catfished

So when I was about 19 I was on POF and i was talking to this guy and i ended up calling him and we talked all night and we really clicked and he seemed so sweet he told me he was a teacher and told me he drove this really nice car and then he sent me like this picture of him and his family which was cool but when i asked to skype he told me he didnt have skype (which wasn't a big deal.) so i kindly asked him if he could send me a picture with my name wrote down on the paper. As soon as i asked him to do that he completely blocked me on POF. So i'm almost certain he was lying to me. I honestly felt so freaked out after that happened because i have no idea who I talked to that night or if his name was even real. It was just really creepy and I was just kinda wondering if anyone else has any Catfish stories they would like to share. I just find this really interesting
SW-User
I’m well 70% sure I was and in here actually but apart of me does believe she was real, she got very angry when I asked her some questions because I heard from a few and also a couple of things I noticed were possible red flags, although I did hear her voice on Voxer but anyone can change their voice through apps these days, I met her when I was first on SW and one night, my stomach was bleeding (ulcer problems) and because there was no transport avalyable to the hospital til the next morning and she stayed with me on here and we talked all night, that’s something I won’t forget though. Then after the fall out when I asked questions, from time to time she had messaged me out of the blue, I’m very confused to be honest.
Thatonekid236 · 26-30, F
@SW-User what kind of red flags did she give you?
SW-User
@Thatonekid236 well there was another profile who befriended me, and had similar mannerisms to her, every time he was on she wasn’t or vice versa like he played as her messenger, and around the time I took a deliberate cocaine overdose, around the time I was going through a serious cocaine addiction and extremely suicidal, then I had another attempt at my life a month later, that ulcer earlier mentioned I was getting it tested for a tumor (one of the reasons for my attempts), this guy told me he told her about it and she apparantley got real distraught and worried. But strangely that guys profile suddenly vanished and I never heard from him again.
Eventually after not hearing from her for a long time either, I ended up being told by 4 different people she wasn’t a real person, but I’m one not to believe everything I hear so I asked her about it, and the way she spoke about the other member she sounded like how a guy would insult a woman, and I have equal gut and girls as friends to know characteristics of either. But that being said people are out to get each other more than try to connect with one another.
When I was 18 I dealt with a similar problem with a person on EP, her excuses were so lame like she would tell me that her laptop has no camera. I then stopped talking to her and she disappeared only to come a year or 2 years after that and I find an email from her saying that she did lie to me and that her real name is Allysa and this is her now and she sends 20 pics of a girl and I really didn't buy it and when I told her that if she really wants to talk to me she should send me a pic of her holding a paper with her name on it and then the excuses came back and I just told her not to contact me again and ignored her.
Thatonekid236 · 26-30, F
@PiecingBabyFaceTogether its sad some people feel so uncomfortable with them selfs that they actually steal picture of other people just to fake their entire life.
@Thatonekid236 It's ridiculous because they don't even have to share their pics if they don't like how they look like. They need help. They remind me of Jim Carey in the Cable Guy.
Myzery · 41-45, F
I feel you there! Back in 2015 I met a guy I was talking to on a site, and while his photo was real, he had lied about his name, age, and living situation (he was living in a tent). That is the first and only time I will interact with a man like that online.
Thatonekid236 · 26-30, F
@Myzery oh mys gosh thats crazy! yeah I don't like online dating either
Mguinm · 51-55, F
@Myzery wow a tent! Lol
Myzery · 41-45, F
@Mguinm That explains why he wanted to go on a date with me. I should have known better. 😓
IWasCallingYaLarry · 26-30, M
I wasn't catfished but I recently reinstalled Tinder because I figured maybe I can find a girl this find a girl on there and every single girl so far has been a bot. I am convinced that no real girl exists on there and that they are all bots.
MrAverage1965 · 61-69, M
Unfortunately it happens all the time. I just assume people are fake to some degree until they prove otherwise. We are not all fake though.
A couple of "lesbians" tried to do that with me. lol That's why I take a long time to get to know a person.
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
We have all been led down the same road. Consider it a learning experience.
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Hoosierxdaddy62 · 61-69, M
I can tell you a weirder story from Tinder that happened to someone I know!
Thatonekid236 · 26-30, F
@Hoosierxdaddy62 please do tell!
Hoosierxdaddy62 · 61-69, M
PMed you
Reject · 26-30, M
I've had people try to catfish me but maybe I'm just overly cynical because I always suspected them.
SamuraiJack · 36-40, M
I met with a girl who wasn’t as old as she claimed. She pretended to be her own older sister for 6 weeks.
Turtlepower · 36-40, M
What's pof? Lol
Turtlepower · 36-40, M
@Thatonekid236 Thank you! Sorry I'm old i guess lol
goagainsttheflow · 26-30, F
@Turtlepower I think it stands for Plenty Of Fish, the dating site.
Thatonekid236 · 26-30, F
@goagainsttheflow you right
Khenpal1 · M
Kind of normal , maybe no need to freak out . Hard to tell , would you had met him ?
SW-User
I have talked some women here and they seemed to be fake too.
Tastyfrzz · 61-69, M
It's happened many times.
SW-User
I am real.

 
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