Does it hurt you when someone catfishes you?

I understand. I befriended someone on EP. She claimed to be an 18 year old girl living in France, but originally from England. She had a huge, very real back story, so I believed everything she told me. She was adopted, had leukaemia, needed a bone marrow transplant. Miraculously, her bio mom happened to be in France for some other thing and her blood type was a match, and when they tested her, she was a perfect donor. This went on for months of chemo, and relapses and transfusions. I fell for her story. But one day my daughter was using my iPad, and my EP account was open on our private messages. She asked me why Madeline was sending me all these pictures from Grey's Anatomy. We read through all the exchanges and everything she told me was from a story line on that show. When I asked her why she did all this, her account was deleted, her Facebook account was deleted. And I never heard from her again. Unless she is here, on SW and catfishing someone else.

Jan. 4/17
4:31 pm

I don't know, but that does hurt. I'm sorry. Could I substitute? 😂 I don't lie. ❤

It won't hurt anymore, mostly because i've watched so many episodes of the show catfish, and i've generally learned my lesson when it comes to giving away personal details online, like your phone number or a picture of yourself. For people who haven't experienced this yet, don't think it can't happen to you, because some people are psychotically foolable. Just be aware and be careful with people who don't have a picture or just people who have a picture that looks too perfect. or was it "she fooled me!"

It wouldn't bother me. I have real friends as well as internet friends.

I never understood how people can be so cruel and deceiving. But that`s me.

It was probly some weird dude and not a girl at all

I don't have many online friends for that very reason

they could be deeply insecure about something that they feel they need to be someone else.

So sad...that's why I keep a very small circle.

You can trust me, I'm a doctor 😉

You should have called up nev and max from the show catfish

I have not been catfished but I have been ghosted before and that hurts.

Good question.