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On last night’s episode of MTV’s Catfish, the reality show that helps those in questionable online relationships confirm the identity of their love interest, Nev and Max help Anthony discover that his online love, Marq isn’t who he’s claiming to be. Nev and Max use Spokeo’s reverse phone search <\/a>to learn that the cell number Anthony has been calling Marq on actually belongs to a man named Framel… Things continue to unravel (or line up) from there. Watch the episode here<\/a>. Spokeo also allows you to do a background check<\/a> if you want a more robust search of someone’s history.<\/p>\n

Search anybody by name, e-mail address, phone number, online username or even friends in your address book and instantly return lots of info.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Catfish:<\/a><\/p>\n

Spokeo’s tools can be helpful in so many ways. From researching dates in person (remember our first dates and phone numbers post<\/a>?) or helping you answer questions about an online love interest, make sure you have all of the tools at your disposal!<\/p>\n

Try it: Run a Reverse Phone Lookup Now<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Additional Resources:<\/h3>\n

What Can You Find with a Reverse Phone Lookup?<\/a><\/p>\n

How to Do a Reverse Phone Lookup in Spokeo<\/a><\/p>\n

Why Do People Catfish?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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