{"id":16745,"date":"2024-11-30T11:38:19","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T10:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/30\/his-facebook-was-a-shrine-to-my-face-the-day-i-caught-my-catfish\/"},"modified":"2024-11-30T11:38:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T10:38:19","slug":"his-facebook-was-a-shrine-to-my-face-the-day-i-caught-my-catfish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/30\/his-facebook-was-a-shrine-to-my-face-the-day-i-caught-my-catfish\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018His Facebook was a shrine to my face\u2019: the day I caught my catfish"},"content":{"rendered":"

I stumbled on a profile with my picture as the photo. What was this man doing with my identity? I set out to track him down \u2026<\/p>\n

It was around 1am when I discovered my impostor was watching me. I was sitting up in bed, scrolling on my phone through the list of people who had viewed my Instagram story. The audience was the same as it always was: friends, family and a smattering of followers I had picked up over the years. But a tug from my subconscious told me, this time, something was wrong. I scrolled back up and there it was: an account I had never seen before. Their profile photo was a selfie I had taken in a bookshop basement years ago.<\/p>\n

Have you ever walked by an unexpected mirror and jumped at your own reflection? That\u2019s how it felt as I stared back at myself, unnerved by my sudden appearance.<\/p>\n

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\nI stumbled on a profile with my picture as the photo. What was this man doing with my identity? I set out to track him down \u2026
\nIt was around 1am when I discovered my impostor was watching me. I was sitting up in bed, scrolling on my phone through the list of people who had viewed my Instagram story. The audience was the same as it always was: friends, family and a smattering of followers I had picked up over the years. But a tug from my subconscious told me, this time, something was wrong. I scrolled back up and there it was: an account I had never seen before. Their profile photo was a selfie I had taken in a bookshop basement years ago.
\nHave you ever walked by an unexpected mirror and jumped at your own reflection? That\u2019s how it felt as I stared back at myself, unnerved by my sudden appearance. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I stumbled on a profile with my picture as the photo. What was this man doing with my identity? I set out to track him down \u2026 It was around 1am when I discovered my impostor was watching me. I was sitting up in bed, scrolling on my phone through the list of people who …<\/p>\n

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