Glossary
Plain definitions of the words for online deception and dating red flags, with the signs to look for and what to do.
- Chat Analyzer Breadcrumbing Breadcrumbing is giving someone small, occasional signs of interest to keep them hooked, without any real intention of committing to a relationship.
- Face Search Catfishing Catfishing is deceiving someone online with a false identity, usually a fake profile built from another person's photos, a made-up name or an invented life.
- Chat Analyzer Love-bombing Love-bombing is overwhelming someone with attention, affection, compliments or gifts, usually early in a relationship, often as a way to manipulate or control them.
- Scam Detector Pig butchering Pig butchering is a scam in which a stranger builds an online friendship or romance with you, then talks you into investing, often in crypto, on a fake platform that takes your money.
- Scam Detector Smishing Smishing is phishing by text message: a fake text, often posing as a bank, delivery company or government agency, that tries to get you to tap a link, share personal details or pay.