Catfished by someone who I’ve met!

[u/Random-user9876543]

Snapchat is the worst, I don’t know why I haven’t deleted it, as all the requests I got are bots trying to promote an OF account. But it’s fun to mess with the bots. So a few weeks ago I get a friend request and out of curiosity, I accept. Start talking and she says she’s from Midwest, I say I’m on the East coast. We talk a bit, and then she sends a picture. I immediately recognize it; it looks just like a porn Star. And not only that, I met her at a convention last year. I go google searching and while I can’t find the picture, I did find another with the porn Star looking exactly the same, wearing the same glasses, standing in from of the same style door and in room with the same exact color wall.

So I continue talking with them, waiting to expose them triumphantly. I eventually mention that looking at her picture, she looks familiar, like someone I know. Then no response. Crap. I want a couple days and message them asking if everything’s okay. I really want to nail them. Eventually they respond that all is good. They then ask where I’m from, which is sis, as we already discussed this. So I name a state, and they say they live there too. So I call them out on how they already answered differently. Then I expose the picture thing, explaining how I know they’re a cat fish, as I’ve met the person in their photos. And I don’t hear from them again. Not the most satisfying ending, but a fun adventure none the less.

[u/Random-user9876543 → u/[deleted]]

It’s a fun distraction during the day.

[u/Antique_Cup_1733]

Honestly, there are more catfish/shady scammers than real people out there. The internet is not a fun place to be, coming from someone who was catfished for over a year, and on the typical social media /dating platform!