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fromwww.theguardian.com
13 hours ago

Virginia man having affair with au pair found guilty of murdering wife and another man

A Virginia man having an affair with the family's Brazilian au pair was found guilty Monday of murdering his wife and another man that prosecutors say was lured to the house as a fall guy. Brendan Banfield, a former IRS law enforcement officer, told police he came across Joseph Ryan attacking his wife, Christine Banfield, with a knife on the morning of 24 February 2023.
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Relationships
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

I Catfished My Husband to Understand His "Platonic" Friendships With Women. What I Found Haunts Me.

A husband repeatedly pursued secret online relationships and lies, prompting his wife to catfish him and reveal his pattern of deception and sexual solicitation.
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fromIrish Independent
2 months ago

PSNI 'did not have capacity' to manage risk posed by catfish killer Alexander McCartney

Police cybercrime units in Northern Ireland lacked capacity to manage risk posed by a prolific online predator that led to a victim's suicide.
Relationships
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

'Dogfishing' Is a Dating Trend That May Give You 'Paws'

Dogfishing is deliberately using dogs in profiles or in person to attract dates, sometimes using borrowed animals, which can obscure genuine human connection.
Books
fromIndependent
3 months ago

'It gets into the nitty-gritty of why a catfisher would do this' - Galway author Ciara Broderick signs big-money deal as debut novel bought by UK publisher

Catfish is a novel about a young Irish woman who deceives men online and faces exposure by a popular true-crime podcast; UK publisher acquired it.
fromSlate Magazine
3 months ago

My Mom Cured Her Post-Divorce Loneliness by Becoming a Scammer. I Have to Get Her to Stop.

For the past two months, however, she's been much happier. She told me she was trying online dating. Well, I found out what "online dating" means. Dear Daughter of a Catfish, She has been using AI-generated pictures of younger women to chat with men! To make it worse, she's asked some of them for gifts and revealed personal information that would make her easy to find if they put two and two together.
Relationships
Digital life
fromSlate Magazine
4 months ago

This Show Taught Me Everything I Know About the Internet. I'm Not Surprised It's Getting Canceled.

Nev Schulman and Catfish taught viewers practical techniques to recognize and investigate online deception, popularizing the term "catfishing" and shaping internet-safety awareness.
fromBuzzFeed
4 months ago

The Blind Reactions People Are Having To This Netflix Documentary Are Going Viral

Warning: If you haven't seen this documentary, this post is FULL of spoilers. If you've seen Unknown Number: The High School Catfish on Netflix, then you know exactly why people can't stop talking about it. Back in 2021, a high school girl and her boyfriend started getting disturbing, anonymous texts that wouldn't stop.
Film
Film
fromDefector
4 months ago

Not Every Documentary About A Crime Needs To Be A True Crime Documentary | Defector

A mother anonymously harassed her teenage daughter and boyfriend with threatening, sexualized texts, causing prolonged trauma and leading to criminal conviction and prison time.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
5 months ago

Victim of catfish predator says she is angry her innocence was stolen'

Hollingsbee, 21, was sentenced to five years and two months for sex offences against teenage girls, admitting to 42 charges involving 14 victims.
Social justice
Digital life
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 months ago

The heartbreak of watching a parent fall for fraud: Dad, this is a scam have you given her money?' | Naima Brown

Bomba is a catfish scam; the narrator's father struggles to accept the truth despite evidence.
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
8 months ago

OnlyFans Model Shocked After Finding Her Pictures With AI-Swapped Faces on Reddit

Image theft in the OnlyFans community has escalated with the use of deepfake technology to create convincing fraudulent personas.
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