Brown can take solace in the fact that she’s far from the only person to fall prey to a catfish. Earlier this year, a woman from Canterbury called on the government to introduce laws against people creating fake dating profiles.

Anna Rowe told Kent Online that she had fallen in love with a man she met on Tinder, who called himself Antony Ray and said he was a businessman. However, she later found out that ‘Antony’ was a married father from London. He was using photos of a Bollywood actor on his Tinder profile.

“Using a fake profile and online identity as a platform to lure women or men for sex should be illegal, but it’s not,” said Rowe.

“The result is the other party believing they are beginning a real relationship with the hope of a future together and having sex is part of that believed relationship.”

However, if you’re currently using dating apps, don’t be deterred. The results of one major study into online dating, carried out in 2013, suggest that couples who meet online (in non-catfish situations) are actually more likely to enjoy long-lasting love than couples who meet through ‘traditional’ means.

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