Online person might be dead… how would we find it out?

I kinda want to know methods to verify that a person is alive and well, dead (or as sick as it may seem a fake account faking it)

Obits and mortality databases are useful

…assuming you have a rough location, gender and age-range…

It might vary based on location?

I’m unsure of how effective it is. Advice welcome?

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YoMomma ·

Why? Sometimes catfish make up bs stories of dying or cancer for extra attention or sympathy or even scamming people

GoldenOldie · 31-35, M

@YoMomma I had a multiple fakes potentially make up this kind of "lie" to hurt and gaslight me... sadly it worked :(

It was a longgg time ago and I was a lot younger myself. But the "fear" stuck...

Actually this happened in '09 on MySpace... catfishing wasn't a word then. But I kinda wonder if the lack of a coresponding death would show it was a lie? I kinda worry the "fakes" were telling the "truth"

^^ part of me feels that would be unlikely -- but not impossible 😥

YoMomma ·

@GoldenOldie who knows.. sorry for your grief either way

GoldenOldie · 31-35, M

@YoMomma Thanks. I don't suppose you'd know of any search functions i might use?

Or.. do you recall MySpace? I'm wondering if faking suicides or attempted suicide was common? 😥