Our team recently learned about how we helped Spokeo customer, John, discover that he was being “catfished” by women he met through online dating services. Catfish is the term used when someone lures one into a relationship by means of a fictional online persona.
John had recently moved to a new city and decided to try online dating to meet women in the area. He messaged a few women, however, after a week of talking they would ask him for money. It was always the same story… they would talk for a week and he would think it was going well, but then the women would get into trouble and request money. John quickly became suspicious that the requests were a scheme because they would ask him to send money to another person who would pick it up for them.
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John decided to use Spokeo to verify the identities of the women. He searched the women’s numbers and discovered that he was being catfished! He would find that the numbers traced back to a different city or country and to a different name – turns out some were even men!
“Your service really helped me out by discovering that the women I was texting were imposters and they were catfishing me. With online dating, you don’t really have proof of who you are messaging. Your service of tracking the phone number or email address back saved me from losing money to frauds.”
We are so happy that we could help John figure out the true intention of the women he was talking to! Thank you for sharing your story with us John! We wish you luck in your new city!