Online Grooming

Understanding Online Relationships and Catfishing

‘Catfish’ the term used to describe scammers and others who create a fake online persona for their own personal benefit. Where does the term catfished and catfishing come from? The term ‘catfish’ as a reference to people who create fake accounts online, was originally created in the movie documentary ‘Catfish’ (2010). The husband of the women who was catfishing the now host Nev Schulman described them using this terminology: They used to tank cod from Alaska all the way to China. They’d keep the