I'm really sorry it has happened to you.
If you don't mind, I want to share my experience, so you don't feel lonely in this.
2012, EP.
On EP people were creating EP-spouses, and I didn't miss the game.
So, I had an EP-husband named Kyle. Fast forward to 18/12/2012, some EP friends/people told me that Kyle had died irl in a car crash, and started sharing posts like RIP Kyle etc...
Okay, you can imagine how I felt... at some point I wanted to die too. I kept his profile picture in my laptop as a memory.
Some years later, just outta curiosity I reverse-searched his photo on Google: it was a male model, and of course his name wasn't even Kyle!
I still don't know why people played that prank on me, and since then... well, I don't look for anything like that again. I'm actually married irl and not looking for dating here.
I hope my experience helps you a little bit... and I hope you'll be okay soon.