{"id":178,"date":"2016-02-10T20:05:30","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T02:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cog.dog\/show\/?p=178"},"modified":"2019-05-09T07:11:16","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T13:11:16","slug":"catfishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cog.dog\/show\/2016\/02\/10\/catfishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the (weird) World of Catfishing on Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>presentation for students at <a href=\"http:\/\/sagrado.edu\/\">Universidad del Sagrado Coraz\u00f3n<\/a>, San Juan, Puerto Rico<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_179\" style=\"width: 345px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cog.dog\/show\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/catfishing-poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179\" src=\"https:\/\/cog.dog\/show\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/catfishing-poster.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"335\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cog.dog\/show\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/catfishing-poster.png 335w, https:\/\/cog.dog\/show\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/catfishing-poster-209x300.png 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Design by Bernab\u00e9 Soto<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>A foray into the realm of fake online personas using my photos to make accounts for the purpose of scamming victims out of money. Crazy? Yes. What is Facebook doing? Not much. What can you do? Plenty.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async class=\"speakerdeck-embed\" data-id=\"476fc29e25274195a0a1b2f161185e4b\" data-ratio=\"1.33333333333333\" src=\"\/\/speakerdeck.com\/assets\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-178-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/cogdogblog.com\/wp-content\/audio\/inside-catfishing2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/cogdogblog.com\/wp-content\/audio\/inside-catfishing2.mp3\">http:\/\/cogdogblog.com\/wp-content\/audio\/inside-catfishing2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>News Story: <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160401202832\/http:\/\/stemmed.sagrado.edu\/blog\/2016\/02\/10\/1695\/\">http:\/\/stemmed.sagrado.edu\/blog\/2016\/02\/10\/1695\/<\/a> (Internet Archive version)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"toc2\">Web Sites Mentioned<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Catfish (2010 movie)\u00a0<a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1584016\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1584016\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Who Coined the Term &#8220;Catfishing?&#8221; (Slate)\u00a0<a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/browbeat\/2013\/01\/18\/catfish_meaning_and_definition_term_for_online_hoaxes_has_a_surprisingly.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/browbeat\/2013\/01\/18\/catfish_meaning_and_definition_term_for_online_hoaxes_has_a_surprisingly.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Identity, Love, and Catfishing (Alec Couros)\u00a0<a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"http:\/\/educationaltechnology.ca\/couros\/2393\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/educationaltechnology.ca\/couros\/2393<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Life of an Internet Catfish Is Rough These Days (Wired)\u00a0<a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2015\/07\/catfish-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2015\/07\/catfish-2\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Online Dating Made this Woman a Pawn in a Global Crime Plot\u00a0<a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2015\/10\/online-dating-made-woman-pawn-global-crime-plot\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2015\/10\/online-dating-made-woman-pawn-global-crime-plot\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8216;Are You Real?&#8217; \u2014 Inside an Online Dating Scam (AARP)\u00a0<a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aarp.org\/money\/scams-fraud\/info-2015\/online-dating-scam.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.aarp.org\/money\/scams-fraud\/info-2015\/online-dating-scam.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cWired Love\u201d: A tale of catfishing, OK Cupid, and sexting \u2026 from 1880 (Clive Thompson)\u00a0<a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.collisiondetection.net\/mt\/archives\/2013\/07\/wired_love_a_ta.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.collisiondetection.net\/mt\/archives\/2013\/07\/wired_love_a_ta.php<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How online scammers created a fake identity using little more than my picture (GeekWire)\u00a0<a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2014\/no-i-in-imposter\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2014\/no-i-in-imposter\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Blog posts about Catfishing (CogDogBlog)\u00a0<a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"http:\/\/cogdogblog.com\/tag\/catfishing\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/cogdogblog.com\/tag\/catfishing<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Photos Used in Fraudulent FB Profiles (Alan Levine, Facebook album)\u00a0<a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cogdog\/media_set?set=a.174501702889430.1073741828.100009888034507&amp;type=3&amp;pnref=story\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cogdog\/media_set?set=a.174501702889430.1073741828.100009888034507&amp;type=3&amp;pnref=story<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Timothy Boostrom is Not Real: How Facebook provides a nurturing home for catfishing scammers (medium)\u00a0<a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@cogdog\/timothy-boostrom-is-not-real-28a2f57c37f4#.vasor8u55\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/medium.com\/@cogdog\/timothy-boostrom-is-not-real-28a2f57c37f4#.vasor8u55<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Facebook Community Standards\u00a0<a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/communitystandards\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/communitystandards<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Facebook Help Pages (on accounts not allowed)\u00a0<a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/help\/167722253287296\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/help\/167722253287296<\/a><\/li>\n<li>When identity thieves targeted beloved open course teachers, Facebook sided with the crooks (Boing Boing)\u00a0<a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2015\/11\/12\/when-identity-thieves-targeted.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2015\/11\/12\/when-identity-thieves-targeted.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How Does Facebook Suggest Tags?\u00a0<a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/help\/122175507864081\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/help\/122175507864081<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Why Facebook&#8217;s Facial Recognition is Creepy (PCWorld)\u00a0<a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/229742\/Why_Facebooks_Facial_Recognition_is_Creepy.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/229742\/Why_Facebooks_Facial_Recognition_is_Creepy.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Facebook\u2019s facial recognition software doesn\u2019t even need to see your face anymore (Technobuffalo)\u00a0<a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.technobuffalo.com\/2015\/06\/22\/facebooks-facial-recognition-software-doesnt-even-need-to-see-your-face-anymore\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.technobuffalo.com\/2015\/06\/22\/facebooks-facial-recognition-software-doesnt-even-need-to-see-your-face-anymore\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How Romance Scammers Port Video Files Over Skype\u00a0<a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-QdzG8l_OlQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-QdzG8l_OlQ<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cybercrime Update: CatPhishing\u00a0<a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"https:\/\/webpreserver.com\/cybercrime-update-catphishing\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/webpreserver.com\/cybercrime-update-catphishing\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Info For Romance Scam Victims (Alec Corous)\u00a0<a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"http:\/\/educationaltechnology.ca\/couros\/information-for-romance-scam-victims\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/educationaltechnology.ca\/couros\/information-for-romance-scam-victims<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Victims of Catfishing (Facebook)\u00a0<a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/victimsofcatfishing\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/victimsofcatfishing\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Romance Scams\u00a0<a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.romancescam.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.romancescam.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Scam Survivors\u00a0<a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scamsurvivors.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.scamsurvivors.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Reverse Image Searching with Google\u00a0<a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/websearch\/answer\/1325808?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/support.google.com\/websearch\/answer\/1325808?hl=en<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tineye Reverse Image Search\u00a0<a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"http:\/\/tineye.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/tineye.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>FBI Internet Crime report cites over $80 million stolen in 2014 from Confidence \/ Romance scams and these are just the subset that involves using information from military personnel\u00a0<a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/news\/news_blog\/2014-ic3-annual-report\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/news\/news_blog\/2014-ic3-annual-report<\/a>\u00a0(PDF)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Featured Image: modified from <a title=\"Catfish Paradise\" 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