Have you ever been Catfished using an online dating app?

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Screenwriter · Accepted Answer

Yes... on this German managed dating site called Silver Singles. It's a money making scam I should've been wise to when they said you couldn't get your money refunded after THREE DAYS!

I never got a single person talking to me for THREE WEEKS... There were dozens of profiles that said picture on request, I'd request a pic and none was ever sent. One person talked to me and then abruptly stopped. I think they post "catfish" respondents

Luckily I'd paid for it through AmEx and they guarantee charges. They filed a complaint against the company and got my money back and I put a review of it on Google or another site to warn people. When I read the OTHER reviews I saw that this place had a bad rep.

This isn't a GENERAL catfish event, as in a person pretending to be someone or something they aren't, and you finally meet them and they're the wrong sex or sexual orientation or age, can't talk properly, or smell bad, are jobless or missing way too many teeth or something else egregious.

jennifer_bloom · Accepted Answer

Not catfished but there were times where I learned somebody looked different from what I expected, they did not lie to me, just delayed sending me their photos.

MCheetah · Accepted Answer

Yes. Multiple times. I had an Arab girl pretend to be a tall redhead from Chicago. She was talking to me, on and off, for two years, keeping the same pics and never updating them. I found out pretty early on though ("she" couldn't keep consistent details, one minute she's 5'9", the next, 5'11", sometimes, 5'10"; sometimes she was living in Chicago since age ten, other times, she had been there only for two years, etc). I tried to get her to tell the truth by asking her more and more questions a catfish wouldn't be able to answer, or post a new picture, but she never did. Her excuses got wilder and wilder, which was crazy. I don't think I ever outright admitted I knew the truth; I felt sorry for "her." But I gave enough clues that she have figured but I didn't believe "her." Here's "Ashley" and how she presented herself.

Hairylegs222 · Accepted Answer

2 different girls texted me and talked on the phone for weeks. They made me believe they actually were interested in me. Then both of them at one point tried their own ways of getting money from me. One asked me to get her a gift card and then give her my bank routing numbers to "pay me back". The other was more of a gold digger asking me to buy her gifts lol. I obviously didn't do any of those things for them.

Also one girl didn't smile in her pictures. When meeting her in person her teeth... were all black with layers... 🤢. Another was thin in her pictures then in person she was fat.

Brainsbeforebeauty · Answer

Nope cuz don't use online Dating apps😊

Slartybartfast · Answer

Not sure what that means, I know the women that showed up we're completely unrecognizable from the photos add twenty years and 50 pounds. But I only went in a couple dates before I gave up on women entirely. Online dating just showed me that I'm better off alone.

I'm with Groucho, I wouldn't join a club that would have me as a member.

Daniela1982 · Answer

Thankfully not. But never had much success on one either.

electromagnetic · Answer

I haven’t used a dating app before but I did once meet someone from VIbe. to (used to me a Toronto based social website like MySpace) anyways, we used to communicate a lot of the forum. When I met them, they were 27 and I was 13 at the time. Luckily I went with my brother.

JustinTimberlegs · Answer

Well not an online dating app but been catfished before, didn't find out until I was about to fly over there to meet her over a year later.

Thing was I never really cared too much about her appearance, unfortunately the bullshit didn't end there, 3 years later it was over, with almost one of those years living overseas together

lovelylia · Answer

yes, and i really liked this guy from the other side of the world so i told him it was ok. i left him and told him i didn’t think having a relationship with him was ok leaning on the long distance part but the truth is that i left because he lied to me and was not fully the person i was initially attracted to.

DonkeyDan · Answer

Nearly was, but I sussed it out before they got too involved. That's why I stopped using dating websites a long time ago. I'm a naturally suspicious person anyway.

Anonymous · Answer

He had messaged me on Facebook. We talked for a few days and then decided to meet up. I think we were both disappointed. Both of us are pretty good at using flattering filters and angles to make ourselves seem more attractive. Neither of us lied about who we were but I don't think either of us were too impressed when we met up lol.

Ninani · Answer

If I had I don't know. Either we've met up in person or I've blocked them due to other red flags.

cocoaniable · Answer

yess, i put his pictures through google & tineye / reverse image
found the real guy, told him his pictures were being used by another dude
confronted the catfish, didn't wait for his answer & just blocked him

GoodGuyBreakingBad · Answer

Yes, this girl was supposed to be from Korea and here it was a guy age 67 using his daughter's email when I confronted him he was shocked as hell , I did a reverse on his email and it told me who was behind the email

Anonymous · Answer

If they were it backfired. You can only catfish someone if they're interested in the bait. And I'm only on them to play around with women. So it's just catch and release.

MysticDevice · Answer

Yes. Consistantly to point where I'm reasonably certain there are no real people who use them.

Dude_777 · Answer

Not at all into online dating or online friendships.

Anonymous · Answer

This is a kind of immorality. And unfortunately girls do it too much. Smart (!) girls please don't do such things.

OddBeMe · Answer

No, but I’m dating Casey Anthony. She’s babysitting for me as we speak.

karaspara · Answer

Probably but not to the point i've actually met them I don't like online dating/relationships personally I guess i'm a bit old fashioned in some ways lol

rjroy3 · Answer

No. I'm good at assessing photos. Always have been.

Slim57 · Answer

Nope luckily always talk on the phone/video chat first

ManHater · Answer

There are more scammers on online dating apps then anything. I was talking to a girl and soon she wanted me to buy her a prepaid apple card for her birthday. LIKE WTF!

NathanDavis · Answer

Have not tried an online dating app yet

genericname85 · Answer

By my slightly loose definition of "catfishing", yes I have several times.

Tiptoetamm · Answer

I think I have but not sure

Avicenna · Answer

Anyone who has done some online dating has been

Hanmakev · Answer

Yes nigga😂 DO THAT SHIT ‼️ People will treat you differently

Iron_Man · Answer

No not on those but other websites

Uptowngirl88 · Answer

No, I don't do online dating

Anonymous · Answer

Successfully once. Unsuccessfully ever since thousands of times.

princeofromance · Answer

Yes, Several Times To Be Exact.

Anonymous · Answer

No because I use Bigo live which is video chat so I have actually seen the person before.

Eva2015 · Answer

Nope

dudeinohio · Answer

No. I'm too smart for that

crazy8000 · Answer

Some have tried to build up to that.

Fuentes · Answer

Nah i can look people up if needed

NightOwl8801 · Answer

Sadly I was once

LivyLiv · Answer

Nope never used them

the_kisses_of_sun · Answer

Not that I know.

Massageman · Answer

No I haven't.

msc545 · Answer

I've had people try.

legalboxers · Answer

more than once...

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