Sometimes we can recognize our own ego when others prop us up and appeal to our vanity (ego).
Catfish
2 : a person who sets up a false personal profile on a social networking site for fraudulent or deceptive purposes : a fish with a large …
Aside from being a delicious kind of river fish, a catfish is a slang term for someone who seduces a person with a false identity online.
Catfishing
Catfishing is a type of deceptive activity where a person creates a sock puppet social networking presence, or fake identity on a social network account, usually targeting a specific victim for deception.
Catfishing is often employed for romance scams on dating websites. Catfishing may be used for financial gain, to compromise a victim in some way, or simply as a form of trolling or wish fulfillment.
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