Are You Being Catfished on POF? Clues and fake pics here.

 I'm on Plenty of Fish (POF) and recently every profile that strikes my fancy is a fake one! I'm wising up and will share with you some clues that you've hit on a catfishing profile. I've never gotten to the stage where they ask for money (yet!) but I know if I continue conversing with that account I will be hit up.

1. The account has pictures that are a little too-good-to-be-true.
2. The fake persona wants to move off the site quickly to text messaging by phone.
3. The individual on the other end moves right into terms of endearment. Look for "dear," "sunshine," "beautiful," "honey," "babe," etc.
4. Messages have typos. Often the profile says they are European born or something to account for that.
5. The profile often says that they are widowed rather than divorced.
6. Your texts suggesting a phone call or in-person meeting are glossed over.
7. The receiver of your messages forgets things you've shared with them.
   
   

Below are some recent (2022) images used by catfishing / phishing accounts. Note: if you see your own photo below, it means someone's using your images for fraud. Contact me and I'll remove them but you also need to notify POF.

You can reverse image search with the free app called Tineye. https://tineye.com/