A Reddit user said he recently learned of a Grindr catfish passing themselves off as him, and he’s not sure if he should care.
“Someone let me know that they found an account impersonating me,” he wrote. “As far as I know, this is unfortunate but doesn’t really put me in any legal jeopardy. Am I missing anything important?”
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The Redditor didn’t say how the catfish is impersonating him, but he did elaborate a little after another user wrote that the Redditor’s response should depend on what the fake account says. “Their profile description does include links to a Cash app account and [a] Venmo account, but those accounts aren’t in my name,” he wrote. “The profile uses a different name and the payment app usernames are names that I am not associated with.”
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Other commenters came with advice, saying that the original poster should, in fact, care and should do what he can to stop the fakery. “Report that account,” one commenter wrote. “I mean, you never know what [might] happen in the future.”
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“I’ve had this happen a few times,” another user said. “I always just tell the person who saw it to report it and move on. There’s not much you can really do.”
And a third commenter recommended using a reverse image search. “You might find [your photos] being used elsewhere. Then you can report those sites.”
Here’s hoping this guy doesn’t suffer any adverse effects of having his identity coopted…
Heywood Jablowme
“Their profile description does include links to a Cash app account and [a] Venmo account…”
In other words, the impersonator is a prostitute? Seems like something to be concerned about, if only because the authorities might *misunderstand* the situation.
Aside from that, what if an impersonator is one of those wackos who assaults (or kills) a trick? We read about that often here on Queerty! There’s a lot to be concerned about here.
Brian
What would be the point of a prostitute using someone else’s pics?
Heywood Jablowme
What would be the point of anyone doing it? One would think the Grindr “date” would notice it’s not the same guy as the pic. But maybe not?
WashDrySpin
I would not care at all…the sad reality is people are hunting the internet for a collection of pics that one person has that way they can convince someone that they are “real”…
All the more reason to have one pic online. I have not changed my profile pic on Facebook in over 4 years and have NO intention to do so…
Also if you have Instagram make your account private or you are leaving yourself wide open for stupid selfish people to steal your pics
Bob LaBlah
From the article: “The Redditor didn’t say how the catfish is impersonating him,”
Right there is where I stopped reading and would like to know why many of you continued. Queerty, I’m sure had you put a first graders effort in it you could have come up with a better fictious story than this. There is nothing wrong with printing NO story when its simply a slow, gay oriented story day.