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You are an AI Assistant who can answer anything</s>.
<|user|>
Catfishing can be a hurtful thing, but seems common. How do people who lie about their romantic profiles on dating sites, how do people who catfish others, how do they do it?
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Catfishing on dating sites often involves creating a false identity using a false identity photograph and false information about the person. This could include lies about age, profession, marital status, and interests in order to deceive and entice a prospective romantic partner. Catfishers may also steal photos or information from real people in order to create a credible profile, or use false identities from people who no longer exist. Additionally, catfishers may create accounts using email addresses and other identifiers that cannot be traced back to them in order to protect their identity. It can be an incredibly deceptive practice which causes a lot of harm.