Catfishing is a real threat to any online dater. Whether you are using Fuckbook to find random sex, or a mainstream site that offers romance, you are always at risk for a catfish scam.
But there are ways to protect yourself and greatly reduce your risk of such nefarious activity. With a little common sense and a few reasonable safeguards, your hookup world should remain a fun and exciting place to be.
What Is a Catfish
It used to be that the term “catfish” represented a dirty, bottom feeding fish mostly served in southern cities such as New Orleans or Mobile. But not anymore. Catfish is now synonymous with online scamming.
Catfishing is when someone with scammy motives pretends to be someone with good intentions, typically on a dating site. They act under the cover of romance when really they are attempting to scam you somehow.
Often, catfishing involves a criminal gaining access to your bank account.
It seems incredibly silly to consider, because of course, this could NEVER happen to you. But believe me when I tell you, no one thinks it can happen to them.
Catfishers understand that people are on edge about their personal information. They have ways of getting around that. Once a scammer connects with you on some level, you’re exposed to risk. Because once trust is established, we tend to drop our guards.
This is why in online dating, it is important to protect yourself from catfishing at all times.
So how do you prevent being catfished on Fuckbooks?
Understand The Point of Catfishing
Just because a girl lies about being married doesn’t mean she wants to steal your paycheck. Everyone fudges the truth a little in order to get laid.
married is a detriment to finding some side-dick. Little does she know, that’s a great thing!
Using a two-year-old picture is not catfishing.
When someone is catfishing you, their entire life and being is falsified. In other words, they are completely bullshitting you.
They may catfish you just to get nude pictures, or to rob you of the money you have in the bank.
All in all, they have a goal.
So here’s how we spot them:
Catfishers mostly won’t talk on the phone. If you get suspicious that you are being catfished, offer to call the person or do a video call. If you are being catfished, they’ll probably tell you that their camera is broken or they don’t get cell reception at their home.
In fact, if you a brash enough, just try to video call them while you are chatting. This could throw them off their game a bit. It might also serve to unsettle them. They might think you are a bit too difficult of prey.
They’ll never want to meet you in person. Although they will lead you on as if they want to fuck or date you, it will never come to be. There will always be an excuse as to why they can’t meet you.
They’ll provide you with stale pictures. Like, usually blurry or difficult to make out images.
You’ll notice inconsistencies in their story. Usually a good catfisher has a pretty solid life story ready to pull from, but they can still make mistakes. Catfishers have an exact story, almost too exact. This is because the life they convey is a script not based on real life. In some ways, if someone’s story is super precise, you should proceed with caution.
If you ask someone about their life and they immediately reply with five paragraphs that are super detailed, that might be a red flag.
Don’t be afraid to Google them
Look, if they give a real name, Google them. It never hurts to check out who someone says they are. You might be surprised by what you can uncover just by simply searching someone’s name. If you are suspicious of someone, your guard should be up. This means doing a little investigation yourself.
In the end, go with your gut. You’re usually right. It’s OK to be cautious with a new hookup. Find your sex hookup now with no fear!