How to spot a catfish?

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  • DJ7203
    DJ7203 Posts: 497 Member
    catfish.gif

    These dudes know how it's done.

    I love these guys, I think Nev is really hot actually. But to answer the question If they always make excuses not to meet you, they won't skype and/or talk on the phone. Also Google image search is a great at telling you who is really in the pics.
  • sixout
    sixout Posts: 3,128 Member
    I caught a catfish today. It was delicious.
  • FrozenSongBird
    FrozenSongBird Posts: 3,892 Member
    I caught a catfish today. It was delicious.

    Did you go noodling?
  • sixout
    sixout Posts: 3,128 Member
    I try to noodle at least 3 times a week.
  • ValGogo
    ValGogo Posts: 2,168 Member
    it has a moustache.
  • ValGogo
    ValGogo Posts: 2,168 Member
    By using common sense?

    awwwww Kittyyyyyy
  • ValGogo
    ValGogo Posts: 2,168 Member
    you learn something new every day, man! Catfish....first time I ever heard of that. And here I was thinking it was a ray-finned siluriformes.
  • Missjulesdid
    Missjulesdid Posts: 1,444 Member
    If they won't skype with you.
    If their photos all look like the photos that came with the last picture frame you bought at walmart.
    If you get hits on a google image or tineye search.
    If they talk about YOU almost exclusively and talk less about themselves than the average person.
    If they won't meet you and have elaborate danger filled excuses as to why not.
    If they claim english is their first language but yet they have an accent or can't string together a complete sentence.
    If you're on an online dating site, they try to get you off the site and into an IM/email ASAP because they know their account is going to get deleted.

    I've been the attempted target of MANY scammers. I'm not talking about lonely people catfishing because of their unfortunate looks, I'm referring to the professionals who do it for money. onlinedating+40something+divorced+american+fat=excellent target.When I was doing online dating, I mostly would search for dates in my own city but I was certainly open to talking to anyone no matter where they were from. The scammers were evident right away. They only wanted to talk about me and never really talked about themselves, They thought I was an angel blah blah blah. I had one once that I sniffed out on the first day but strung along for several weeks and when I finally got bored told him that I knew he was in Angola and not in North Carolina as he stated, he actually got mad at me and told me that I had been unfair to waste his time and money and that he's working hard.. WTF? Yeah, they see their scamming as just a regular job. (BTW I didn't know for SURE that he was in Angola, but he had told me that he was originally from Portugal and since Angola is well known for "internet romance fraud" AND Angolans speak Portuguese, I made an educated guess)

    Of course not all people you meet online are trying to catfish you. I met my husband online. He was thousands of miles away in Northern Africa... I vetted him rigorously and discovered he was 100% legit. We skyped daily, spoke on the phone regularly, talked with each other's families.. and the big one, he NEVER EVER EVER asked me for money. We're now married and I'm living here in Tunisia.. Who'd have thunk it?
  • Mrj183
    Mrj183 Posts: 1,428 Member
    unless its a legit dating sight. expect everyone to be a catfish.
  • asianfashionista86
    asianfashionista86 Posts: 5,039 Member
    EmpireBusiness wrote: »
    google. Use lots of google. and image search.

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    Hahaha
  • fitcurves6693
    fitcurves6693 Posts: 3,401 Member
    GuitarJerry wrote: »
    You just simply take a chance.

    Or, you don't internet date.

    Great advice! A lot of shady people out there,best to meet in real life. Sad to say I have met a few MFP "ladies" who were major catfish and wanted to nail my hubs who is also on here. They lead sad little lives.
  • SuperSnoopy
    SuperSnoopy Posts: 3,459 Member
    They purr when you stroke them
  • Mr_Stabbems
    Mr_Stabbems Posts: 4,771 Member
    i came in here ready to explain how to actually identify specific cat fish species....
  • Harleyb87
    Harleyb87 Posts: 279 Member
    Someone who isnt willing to skype and anyone who is sketchy when it comes to wanting to meet someone as long as its been some time since you have been talking to that person
  • Mr_Stabbems
    Mr_Stabbems Posts: 4,771 Member
    if you hear "cell check" or "lights out" in the background
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    edited July 2015
    Usually they're not in shallow enough water to see. Your best chance is to find them shallow during the spawn (usually early summer).

    You might find blues suspended under bait on you graph as well.
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  • GBrady43068
    GBrady43068 Posts: 1,256 Member
    edited October 2015
    _dracarys_ wrote: »
    They never show their face...



    Oh. Well this is awkward.

    @_dracarys_ LOL...Well played, sir (or ma'am)
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    edited October 2015
    already did this post...carry on...

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