So long are the days of meeting people at coffee shops; we have turned to the internet to find the perfect significant other. But, people aren't always who they say they are. These catfish stories are bizarre, creepy & down right hilarious.
“She uses a fake profile to scope out her competition.”
“My 72-year-old great aunt has a 72-year-old male Plenty of Fish profile that she uses to scope out her competition.” Source
“Started pretending I was a 19 year old from the city over with 19 piercings.”
“We got dialup internet when I was 12 and joined a forum I found. Started pretending I was a 19 year old from the city over with 19 piercings. I began dating a 21 year old man from Florida. We dated for 3 months before my dad sent me to a group home and when I finally got internet back I told him what really happened. He hated my guts, but I was just lonely.” Source
“My sister and I have the suspicion that our mother was a catfish.”
My sister and I have the suspicions our mother was a catfish. All the signs were there. The bad part was that she used my sister’s pictures. My mother had asked my sister one time how make multiple Facebook accounts, would close her laptop whenever you entered the room, kept tape over the camera on the computer, and her phone would ring all the time, but she would never answer it. My sister told me one time she was out with our mother and our mom’s phone rings. My mom’s kinda getting panicky so she asked my sister to answer it. At first my sister hesitates but agrees. She said there was a guy on the other end with a funny accent she didn’t recognize. I guess the guy started asking her random questions on what she looked like and stupidly my sister answers him. She said that the guy asked her what happened to her Irish accent. My sister said she got creeped out and hung up on the guy. Shortly after that, my sister moved out and got her own place.
“When I was 10 I went on Neopets and pretended…”
“When I was 10 I went on Neopets and pretended to be a 25 year old woman with three adopted kids. I am the original catfish…Funniest part is I haven’t even reached the age I pretended to be yet.” Source
“One day I saw a picture of him on Pinterest…”
“I was talking to a good looking guy on OKC for a bit. He would make plans then have to cancel because something would come up with his kid. One day I saw a pic of him on Pinterest. Turns out the guy lived somewhere with his wife and they had a very successful blog. I asked him about it and he said he joined OKC to keep an eye on his ex-wife (kid’s mom) and found me in the process.” Source
“She believed she was Zack a lot of the time…”
I have been catfished but not in a romantic way. Many years ago I started talking to a guy called Zack. He lived in Pennsylvania. Nice lad. We spoke daily on MSN. We did this for a year or 2. We never bothered going on webcam with each other. He told me about his family. His mother and sister had left him alone. He had never met his dad though had heard stories of him being a complete dick to his mum. One day he came online and just didn’t seem right, I was asking what was up, had something happened at school? with friends? etc. He told me he had to go on webcam. So he did. So webcam turns on and there’s this girl. She looked about 14. He was 16. Anyway. I had been talking to ‘her’ the whole time. Except I hadn’t at the same time. Zack died a few years back. When he died (I have no idea what had happened to him) his little sister took on his personality. She had finally told her mum she has been speaking to me and her mum explained a few things to me. She believed she was Zack a lot of the time. Spoke like she was him, told people she was him. So the whole time I had been talking to a personality of a mentally ill girl. I was shocked and upset. I really enjoyed speaking with Zack, but to think he was never actually alive in the time I was talking to him. It’s a pretty strange one, I still struggle to get my head around it. This was about 10 years ago now so I can only piece together bits of the story.
“We were going to meet up at the mall and when I got there…”
“While in the Army I was based at Fort Riely. I met this girl online who said she was a cheerleader, sent me pics of herself. We talked for weeks. We were going to meet up at the mall & when I got there, there was a group of teenagers & this heavy 15 year-old walks over and introduces herself as the girl. Turns out she was using pictures of her older sister. She begged me for a chance, but I just walked away.” Source
“I found out a few weeks ago that my pictures have been used for catfishing…”
I found out a few weeks ago that my pictures have been used for catfishing for over 10 years! A woman my age has been pretending to be a guy a few years younger than me and has been in an online relationship with two girls that started when they were 11 years old! This included making over 15 Facebook profiles of my family and friend’s pictures with fake names and over 8 Twitter accounts (there may be more, I just haven’t found them yet). They even went as far as to make phone recordings of my Facebook videos and upload them to Youtube along with pictures of me intertwined with pictures of one of the girls with a love song behind it. They created a twin brother for “me” and photoshopped me into pictures of myself to make twin pictures. One of the twins died at some point and the original “me” used to check in at a crematorium with a memory every now and again. The woman doing this lives within 10 miles of me but I have no idea who she is. I spent 4 hours at the police station yesterday trying to describe it in a statement. I wish I was making this all up as it makes no sense to me atall…
“My sister was catfished by none other than her supposed best friend…”
My sister was catfished by none other than her supposed “best friend” of 7 years. Her best friend “grew up” with a guy, let’s call him John. Anyway, she gave my sister John’s instant message handle and phone number because she thought they’d get along. My sister began talking to him on a regular basis. At first it was only friendly, but then John showed romantic interest. So, a relationship started and went on for about 3 years. All the while he made excuses for not being able to hangout with her in person. It was always messaging and phone calls. She was a little skeptical, but since her best friend grew up with this person and knew who he was she just brushed it off and thought eventually they’d meet. Out of nowhere, after 3 years he suddenly dropped all contact with her. She was heartbroken and wanted an explanation. She asked for my help since she had some personal info about him. We did some deep digging and lo and behold his pictures and other things traced back to the Facebook of a random guy on the other side of the world. It didn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that the person behind it was obviously her best friend. She was sick to her stomach and upset beyond words. So I contacted her “best friend” and told her we knew everything and she’d better have some answers. All she kept saying was “I don’t know I’m sorry.” Years of deceit and betrayal and that’s the best she could come up with. My sister basically said go to hell and deleted her from everything and hasn’t been in contact with her since.
“We ended up talking for the next few years. I think I loved him.”
I accidentally catfished someone and I think I fell in love with him. I was playing an online game and just talking to this guy. He asked me how old I was and I panicked and picked a random age- 24. He told me he was 18 and I immediately kicked myself for not saying my real age. We ended up talking for the next few years. I think I loved him, or as much as in love as you can be for someone you never met. We texted constantly. We did webcam, all PG, so I often wonder if he knew I was younger? If he did, he didn’t let on. We had grand plans to meet up several times, but of course I always had to back out. I was only in high school. I legitimately thought about going to college near his area but I didn’t know how I would explain that. Ultimately, I did the fade because I couldn’t fathom coming clean and I was completely wrecked with guilt. The details of my life were all true, except I had to add things that were obviously not true such as a profession, living situation, and things like that to appear to not be just some kid in high school. I know his full name so I occasionally look at him on Facebook and make sure he’s doing well. I hope he is. Although I am now 26 years old, in a committed relationship, and happy in life, I often wonder how it would have been if I said I was 16 instead of 24. What if I really did decide to go to college in his area? Would we have worked? I sometimes wonder if he ever thinks of me, too. Or maybe, he doesn’t even remember me at all… we were just kids, after all.
“I went right in like he requested and saw his expression…”
“I’d known this girl since we were 11 and at age 18 I asked…”
“I think the girl liked me.”