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Is catfishing a crime?

Is catfishing a crime?

If not, should it be?

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Joshua Rozenberg
Jan 03, 2022
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In the Observer yesterday, Kirat Assi told Julie Bindel how she had been “catfished” — duped into a relationship by someone who used a false identity. As Bindel explains:

Assi, who lives in London, fell victim to a complex fraud that lasted eight years and involved up to 60 characters who only existed in the scammer’s warped imagination. At the centre w…

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