Anna Rowe

Is it only MEN that do this?

There is an 85:15 ratio of women to men victims. It’s mainly men but there are women too. #catfish

I wonder how those stats were arrived at? reported cases?

Yes this is from reported cases. It’s likely they could be slightly different as men are less likely to report this, also the financial catfish ( international gangs) are mainly men pretending to be women in those instances.

I agree that men are less likely to make complaints...perhaps men are less "wronged" in similar circumstances I agree there likely to be criminals targetting vulnerable men, but that is a slightly different issue

The technique of grooming and manipulation is the same. It’s known as #lovebombing The gangs use a script which is derived from the natural tactics of #narcissists and #psychopaths . I’m not gullible or stupid but I don’t have self esteem. He used this well against me.

I am just perplexed that the narrative appears to be that it is only men who behave in this way....there are no female narcissists? I accept men are guilty more than women...perhaps female narcissists use different strategies also, I do not mean to discredit your standpoint