Catfishing

So, my previous catfish was apparently reading my blog posts.

The very day that I published the last post about a supposed young Korean woman who befriended me through Instagram, she sent me a photo of herself—again, immaculately dressed—and wished me a good day. Her message reached me at about noon, and I returned the message, wishing her a good day and to "Be awesome!"

That evening, I pinged her and said that I hoped that she had had a good day but she didn't respond. I never heard from her again.

Also, every photo that she had posted on Instagram were removed from her account. All activity seemed to have stopped.

Caught.

"Эстетика" by Сергей Иванов,
Wikimedia Commons CC0 1.0.

Last week, I had another person reach out to me, complimenting my photos on Instagram through DMs. Another young, pretty woman (not shown: the photo is from a common photo database and is the only non-fish image I could find by typing Internet catfish). I don't want to give too many details at this point because I have a curiosity that I want to pursue. So far, I haven't been invited to invest in cryptocurrency. We've just engaged in friendly chitchat and this person hasn't sent me any photos.

For all I know, it's the same person with a different persona. The syntax of their language seems to have a similar style. The person does not write like someone who's native language is English, as they claim it is.

That's all I want to say for now. I hope I haven't said too much and frightened this catfish away. I want to keep her on the hook at least until I find out what she wants.

It's a weird past time for me, entertaining catfish. But for now, it's a lazy distraction.

Stay tuned.