Catfishing - OnLine Scam Crime Teaser

catfishing is a term that's been around for decades but which came into use in popular culture around 2010 a documentary came out which was about the use of fake online identities to trick or scam other users later a reality TV series took the concept even further following people who had been conned by fake online identities catfishing is often done in romantic contexts and can definitely be for financial gain there's a moment in the original documentary when we're told about Sailors who used to ship live cod fish from Alaska to China according to this story The Fish would turn to mush in their crates having hardly moved while in transit one day someone had the idea to put catfish in the Cod crates to nip at their fins and keep them agile during the trip we're told that in life some people are catfish they keep things Lively by keeping us in a state of uncertainty... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices