Spokeo explains how catfishing + phishing leads to catphishing, which happens when the grift goes from messing with your heart to messing with your identity, and maybe even your bank account.

It wasn’t until she saw an episode of Social Catfish — and after losing a staggering $1.2 million — that she realized she had been scammed. The Nigerian Romance Scam is the most well-known ...

Social Catfish, a company that works in scam prevention, just released a list of the "100 Most Catfished Photos of 2025." These are the images scammers frequently use to create fake profiles on ...

So long as you're at least a pescetarian, some nice hot catfish with a squeeze of ... might ostensibly be a business contact. Scammers have been known to spin up fake LinkedIn profiles in volume ...