The 2010 documentary „Catfish” chronicled photographer Nev Schulman’s journey to realize who was actually behind the long-distance partnership he’d recently been having with a beautiful 19-year-old artist called Megan. Finally, Schulman sees that the woman he’d corresponded with via assortment texts, Twitter posts and cellphone conversations was actually formulated by a middle-aged mummy residing Michigan.
Since then, catfishing is a well-known dating phrase — therefore, acting for an entirely different individual online than you actually will be in reality.