"catfisher" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From catfish + -er.",
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        "Someone who fishes for catfish."
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          "word": "catfisherman"
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          "ref": "2016, Diane Kelly, Death, Taxes, and a Satin Garter, St. Martin’s Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 39:",
          "text": "I’ve done a lot of online dating and I’ve had catfishers hit on me before, but usually it’s obvious.",
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          "ref": "2021, Renee Hobbs, “How Do People Decide Who and What to Trust?”, in Media Literacy in Action: Questioning the Media, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, part II (Judgments about Taste, Quality, and Trust), page 215:",
          "text": "Catfishers lie and mislead people in their search for intimate and personal relationships through text, chat rooms, email, instant messaging, and other apps.",
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          "ref": "2021, Clodagh Murphy, The Reboot, Balally Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "‘Lots of really smart people get taken in by catfishers.’ ‘Catfishers? Is that what you think is happening?’ ‘I don’t know. I think it’s possible.’ ‘You watch too much internet,’ Roly scoffed and they walked on in silence.",
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        "Someone who catfishes (creates a fake profile)."
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  "word": "catfisher"
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          "ref": "2016, Diane Kelly, Death, Taxes, and a Satin Garter, St. Martin’s Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 39:",
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