Have you caught a catfish? Online dating can be deceptive
- Written by Nicole Marie Allaire, Lecturer in English, Iowa State University

On the internet, you can become anyone you want to – at least for a while. And though deception doesn’t fit well with lasting romance, people lie all the time: Fewer than a third of people in one survey claimed they were always honest in online interactions, and nearly nobody...
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