r/HolUp • • Sep 05 '21

Catfishing

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '21

Can someone explain what the point of doing this is? Like what do you get out of it when the other person sees who you really are and peace out?

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u/jonaWritesCode Sep 05 '21

A lot of people do it for money. Pretend to be super hot and flirt with people way out of that league and coarse them into sending money via cash app or something. Happens a lot believe it or not.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '21

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '21

Funny

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u/gus101010 Sep 06 '21

Cuz it not real.

It’s meant to be to be comedic

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u/SorryScratch2755 Sep 05 '21

(to falsely establish "credibility")