With the 2010 documentary Catfish, people were introduced to the concept of "catfishing" or pretending to be someone else online. It's easy to wonder if the MTV reality show is fake, but with nine ...

Often times, unsuspecting people that Catfish meet and pursue online, often romantically, end up being duped. The MTV show by the same name, based on the documentary of the same name, features ...

Looking for connection One big reason people catfish is loneliness. They want to connect with others but don’t feel confident about their real selves, so they create a persona they think others ...

And yet. Three years ago, The 2 Johnnies did the State some service when they dropped a pair of truly astonishing podcasts, ...

People say I have a bubbly personality ... Patricia added: 'In order to embrace being a catfish, you need positivity to go forth and take every hit with haters' comments. 'Their negative ...

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The concept of the “catfish” is decades old: a person poses online as someone else and uses the images and identities of other people to deceive, often leading someone into a relationship.

And unlike other catfish stories we might watch on Netflix, where extreme wealth or beauty are what suspends disbelief, Cora was credible because of a particularly Irish sense of placing people ...

A new support group for victims of catfishing has been set up to help them recover from what has been described as a “painful experience that can leave lasting emotional scars”.

Sexual abuse charity Nexus has commended The 2 Johnnies podcast for highlighting the dangers of ‘catfishing’, revealing that one young man spoke with the organisation about his own catfishing ...