What drives someone to create fake online profile?

I was in a relationship with a lady many years ago. Like 3 years ago I cut her off completely because I realized she loved her man more than me. Well I accept you can't force someone to love you. And the guy was also very wealthy like having fancy cars and amazing home etc .. Fair enough. Can't compete with him on any level. Im female and we were students together so I guess it was just experiment for her. I don't blame her though.

It was painful to let go of her but I did it. I did feel the deep connection so I couldn't stay just friends and that's why I needed to leave her on every level.

She never had a FB account.. which I found cool. Like a little bit mysterious and special in a world where everybody is showing off on social media. She was drop dead gorgeous and could be easily one of those influecers with tons of followers but no FB or IG she had. I found it so spcecial about her. No need for validation from 1000 people.

Until I found out she has a network of fake accounts. Fake identeties (extremely pretty women pictures, stolen ofcourse) and not just few photos but many years of consistant content. Don't ask me how I know it was her job. I just know thanks to some give-away details and similar style .

She also has tried to friend me with one of those accounts and few days ago started follow me on instagram with another new account where she now has her own picture but fake name. Basically Mary with a fictional name of Jessica Stone but openly using picture of Mary. Isn't that ridiculous? I hate she starts follow me 3 years later from fake account.. Like if you really need to say hi, use your own phone nr or something.

Why do you think some people like to live some fake persona life online? Many years of different accounts and names.. Do you think there might be something super shady? Or could it be sympthom of some personality disorder? Honestly I'm just curious what drives someone to do that because Im sometimes crazy too but never would spend my time and energy like that.

So .. any opinions or experiences with this type of behaviour are welcome.

Posted by MissKrabs

She leads double life. Hiding that she is bi or whatever. She probably uses these accounts to meet ppl. Her offline life is probably more fake.

But you can't show up to meet someone when you have used other people's pictures?? Like Im blond with blue eyes on picture but show up with black hair and brown eyes lol..?

Which are her scorpio placements?

A sad, fake and vacuous life?

You’d be a moron to fall for fake online accounts this day and age with things like video calls and Snapchat...

And it’s because of insecurity. They have a shitty real life and are desperate enough to use conventionally attractive womens’ pics to still be able to experience love and friendships as far as the other person will let things go until they get caught and move onto the next.

Posted by Biboroon

Which are her scorpio placements?

Is that a Scorpio thing? I know she is Taurus Sun and Scorpio moon.

I don't know her chart but she once revealed she has studied astrology and that she has strong Scorpio influnce lol.

But honestly why does she need those accounts?? I guess we all have had one fake account somewhere but she has freakin' network? Doesn't she have anything more useful to do because I always found her ambititious and looking forward to achieve some big goals.

how would you know if that guy with the fancy car and amazing home is even real? she probably just made that up to get rid of you. the fact that she's pretty but no IG? red flag. and she studied astrology and knew you're a sucker pisces venus. you didn't even videocall this person?

and you STILL want to compete with an imaginary guy for this girl?

listen, the only sign that makes sense for pisces is capricorn.

it's the truth coz everyone else either you'll take advantage of or will take advantage of you.

Sounds like that Alicia Davis woman from Catfish.

Posted by Phantom_Dangus

So, I had a close friend who admitted to having lots and lots of fake online accounts and fake girlfriends. She was posing as men to attract straight women and more attractive women to get the gay ones. I had a real problem with it, and she didn't understand why I thought it was wrong.

Anyway, in her case, there was an obvious motive.

Psycho move, that's severely f*cked up.

Can you even catfish in 2019?

Anyway to answer your question op.

I think rejection and loneliness is the cause of such desperate means.

boredom, attention, ego-purposes

my friend online has a similar story to that, he liked this woman much older than him and they had an online relationship. he went to meet her in real life (which is hours and hours away from where he lives) and it turns out that she has a boyfriend in in real life. she kicked him out before her bf came home because she didnt want her bf to find out

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So, I had a close friend who admitted to having lots and lots of fake online accounts and fake girlfriends. She was posing as men to attract straight women and more attractive women to get the gay ones. I had a real problem with it, and she didn't understand why I thought it was wrong.

Anyway, in her case, there was an obvious motive.

Psycho move, that's severely f*cked up.

Can you even catfish in 2019?

Anyway to answer your question op.

I think rejection and loneliness is the cause of such desperate means.

I don't know if it's still possible. She told me about it in 2009. We're no longer in touch.

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People still do it in 2019. And now with more advanced technology its much easier for them to get away with it.

Recently A guy I made friends with on FB accused me of having a fake profile. All because I disagreed with his stand on doxxing people.😑

We have 11 mutual friends, most of them LGBT and/or human rights activists, all of whom we both know in real life. Its just that he and I have never met in real life because I retired from activism in 2010. His accusation was so ludicrous it was hilarious. I eventually had to teach him how to spot fake/potential catfish profiles.

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So, I had a close friend who admitted to having lots and lots of fake online accounts and fake girlfriends. She was posing as men to attract straight women and more attractive women to get the gay ones. I had a real problem with it, and she didn't understand why I thought it was wrong.

Anyway, in her case, there was an obvious motive.

Psycho move, that's severely f*cked up.

Can you even catfish in 2019?

Anyway to answer your question op.

I think rejection and loneliness is the cause of such desperate means.

I don't know if it's still possible. She told me about it in 2009. We're no longer in touch.

People still do it in 2019. And now with more advanced technology its much easier for them to get away with it.

Recently A guy I made friends with on FB accused me of having a fake profile. All because I disagreed with his stand on doxxing people.😑

We have 11 mutual friends, most of them LGBT and/or human rights activists, all of whom we both know in real life. Its just that he and I have never met in real life because I retired from activism in 2010. His accusation was so ludicrous it was hilarious. I eventually had to teach him how to spot fake/potential catfish profiles.

I don't know if what my friend was doing is still that easy to get away with or if people are too savvy for it now. These were people who were willing to have long-term online relationships without meeting. The concept of a catfish was still kind of new back then.

It's clear to me just from being on this site that there are lots of people with no qualms about pretending to be people they are not online.

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Yes, it's very prevalent on this site.

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So, I had a close friend who admitted to having lots and lots of fake online accounts and fake girlfriends. She was posing as men to attract straight women and more attractive women to get the gay ones. I had a real problem with it, and she didn't understand why I thought it was wrong.

Anyway, in her case, there was an obvious motive.

Psycho move, that's severely f*cked up.

Can you even catfish in 2019?

Anyway to answer your question op.

I think rejection and loneliness is the cause of such desperate means.

I don't know if it's still possible. She told me about it in 2009. We're no longer in touch.

People still do it in 2019. And now with more advanced technology its much easier for them to get away with it.

Recently A guy I made friends with on FB accused me of having a fake profile. All because I disagreed with his stand on doxxing people.😑

We have 11 mutual friends, most of them LGBT and/or human rights activists, all of whom we both know in real life. Its just that he and I have never met in real life because I retired from activism in 2010. His accusation was so ludicrous it was hilarious. I eventually had to teach him how to spot fake/potential catfish profiles.

I don't know if what my friend was doing is still that easy to get away with or if people are too savvy for it now. These were people who were willing to have long-term online relationships without meeting. The concept of a catfish was still kind of new back then.It's clear to me just from being on this site that there are lots of people with no qualms about pretending to be people they are not online.

Yes, it's very prevalent on this site.

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I guess most people don't share their real names/picture on online forums and pick some random username, nothing strange in that. Some topics are very deep and personal, you would not want your colleagues and uncles-aunties to read.

But creating fake FB accounts with bunch of stolen pics is where the weirdness starts...

I figured maybe there can be some business purposes.. Like finding potential clients for some online business. Could be. I really don't think she's meeting complete strangers via those accounts, she was always very selectful of people and could get super mad if someone on the street would slightly touch shoulder or elbow etc. I really don't see her enjoying company of random unknown people.

But yeah I guess there might very different reasons why someone would start life of fictional person online.

Oh I see. Didn't know that.

I don't think I will ask. I don't want to start a conversation, she's probably gonna ask how and what am I doing with life, I don't wanna engage with her in that convo. Last time she asked if I'm seeing someone I really don't wanna discuss with her. I don't need to give updates for her.

I just wish she didn't show up. In any form.

But I don't wanna be like 12-years old teenager who sends message: Stop instagram-following me! Because all she did was start following, it's not illegal or harssing 😄