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The Original Catfish: Part 1

Updated: Nov 19, 2022

In my opinion, I feel like 90% of society has seen Catfish the TV show or knows what the term means. If you haven't, a Catfish is someone who sets up a fake dating profile online to trick people looking for love or a hookup. They pass themselves off as someone they aren't, usually for the motivation of money or getting something from the other person who is pursuing them. We got to interview somebody who has been catfishing since 2002 and still does it to this day. They started doing it on phone chat lines then eventually moved to the internet. Catfishing for 20 years is a long fucking time. Why