CATFISHING ON THE RISE
Be wary who you communicate and form relationships with on social networks.
Hey
peeps today I am going to be talking about ‘catfishing’. We may not all know
about it, with me included but I’m hoping that it will be a learning experience
for the both of us. The discussion will be around catfishing, how to prevent it
from happening to your peers/family and what are the signs that it may be
happening to you Fam and lastly how to deal with catfishing.
Catfishing
is when an individual creates a fake identity by simply taking someone else’s
pictures and trick you into falling in love with the person but in reality you
find that the person you are talking to looks nothing like the person on their
profile. There are several ways in which you can check if you being catfished.
I
know we all want to have our information displayed on our profiles for instance
on Facebook, trust Fam I do that too. It’s annoying getting invites from people
who have no information about themselves but sometimes it’s to protect
themselves from whoever is out there. Just be on high alert as to the amount of
information you put at people’s disposal, because it can result in someone copying
it and creating a fake account. I speak from experience family, I was
approached by my friend Tshiamo who asked why I had created a new account at
that point I was puzzled as to what the hell are you talking about dude. But
that same day a few people asked the same question. I had to verify this claim,
so I searched and the results were shocking, someone actually created a fake
account. I was left with no choice but to limit my details on all social media
platforms and reported the guy because if my parents knew trust I’d be dead Fam. It took time to deal with the fact that this just happened, which is why we
need to protect our loved ones from people on social media platforms and
Cybercrime talks about educating young kids about these dangers.
