A Catfish STOLE MY IDENTITY
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2023
- Today I'm sharing with you a creepy case of stolen identity! Here an account on a dating site in the USA used my name and photos, but to what end?
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Important lesson:
Don't give Emma your credit card information unless it's for her merch linked in the description
Speaking of that, my Baphy arrived today!
That sounds like a bother. Would leaving my credit card info in the comments be close enough? Do you also need my mother's maiden name and/or social security number? 'Cause I'd hafta go look that up.
RED ALERT ! My Baphy plush just arrived and my kids are jaleous of me and négociations occur about whose bed will welcome Baphy
Eeeeeee! I'm so excited to get mine!
Oooh, maybe mine will be arriving soon.
I mean, my daughter's will be arriving soon.
My daughter's.
I'm a grown up man, so I don't get plushies for myself.
Because I'm a big Manly-Man (TM)
...
I hope mine gets here soon.
I went outside to smoke and the rain had formed a pattern on a concrete slab that looked exactly like the plushie! It’s a sign! You will reign in hell x
OMG I FORGOT TO GET MY BAPHY 😭😭😭
I also have received my adorable plush Baphy!
A video covering deepfakes/AI ethics is a great and very relevant idea, I recently read an article about an underage Spanish student who was deepfaked by bullying students…it’s certainly a very real issue that needs boundaries!
Yeah I remember that one too! The papers here reported on it a lot because of the controversy around how you tackle the problem of teaching why thats wrong to the boys and why they would think to do it in the first place. Sounded like the boys did it mostly to humiliate the girl rather than for porn reasons. Didn't bode well for how we socialise folk to see others (well in Spain at least).
Anyways, I agree, a video on this topic would be good! Its a very new technology but mirrors most of the same problems we already have.
A catfish once stole my identity too. I was out noodling, and while i reached in the hole one came out and snuck my wallet away from me.
I couldn't find it again. And now ive got charges on my card for fish food and bait.
It deeply disturbs me that I actually know what noodling means in this context.
Wait...who is the bait for? Is the catfish fishing for people? And if so, what is people bait? Pizza?
best comment under the video.
you got me hook, line, and sinker.
Get out...
@@ChristopherSadlowskiGoogle Hanna Barron.
So... you're saying I SHOULDN'T go to the coffee shop on Melrose and La Brea this Friday? Even if I've already bought the red beret you told me to wear?
Ofc you should go, only the real Emma would tell you to wear a red beret!
@@scania9786 red beret and nothing else? I'm guessing you aren't wearing the beret on your head?
All that way, just to have your heart broken.......😢
Don’t forget to pass by the giant dinosaur statue, that was very important.
If you already have the beret tho
As an asocial being I've never held a social media account. And identity theft is one of the reasons why.
With that in mind, I've always liked Sean Locke's attitude when it comes to _him_ having a social media account.
Sean: "I have one tweet and 36,000 followers. On the basis of the follower to tweet ratio, that makes me the most successful tweeter in history. My single tweet was 'Due to a series of imposters I have been forced to set up a twitter account. Now go fuck yourselves."
RIP, you legend.
Aw, you got me smiling at that legend Sean Locke. still hard to think of him being gone.
I also have little account as possible....
And avoid social media like the plague.
I have skills and hobbies but the fear of having my accoints stolen, or arts stolen: is too much.
Because this happens all the F time.
We already are forced to have so many accounts and passwords for the government stuff and bills stuff, banks as well.... and they get scamed as well.
It's too much.
So why take the additional risk.....
Sean Lock was a national treasure, only man who could make dad jokes funny.
I can't believe I'm only just finding out Sean Lock died. Somehow I completely missed the news for two years.
I figured he'd been busy with acting engagements or something and that's why he wasn't on any of the panel shows.
What an absolute tragedy.
@@rainbowkrampusI'm with you there. I had no idea, I've just had to Google it. I'm actually quite shocked.
This problem mostly plagues small channels because (as you pointed) people can only report if they know the content creator, which has a small audience.
More than 100k subscribers is not a small channel. Just IMHO
@@DagmarDollmaierthere’s 67 million people in England alone. What are you talking about?
Also, they don't have the resources to hire those entities set up to patrol for that stuff, unless they've become cheaper, dunno
@@yeoldegunporn”Your channel’s subscriber numbers don’t even compare to a major nation’s population. That’s pretty small.”
Peanutbuttergamer had it happen to him and he has over 3 million subs so not necessarily
Turns out it was fortunate that the person contacted you.
Congrats on your 4 year anniversary. May you have many more
Yes, some of us Americans use the work "snark". Also, your American accent is shockingly good. I usually find the British take on the American accents creepy or annoying. Well done!
Fan from America here, that American accent threw me off so much 😂 it was way too real and I thought someone else had to be talking.
10/10 great American accent, and yes we do say "snark" (I think I hear the term "snarky" more often though.)
What is an "American" accent? Folks from Cali sound nothing like Boston, nor Austin Tx, so which is the "American" one?
@@rickpapineau5939 the same is true about different parts of england or australia though. the accent emma does in the beginning is obviously from some part of america, although beyond that imo it's kind of hard to place.
@@rickpapineau5939 "An" American accent is not the same as "the" American accent. But to answer your question, it is whatever is most often presented in media as the archetype - neutral/West Coast for American, RP for English, etc.
"all your friends are secretly spiders" :D
That starting point on your old profiles still makes me think now and then.
Definitely creepy. At least they didn't find an old dating profile and clone it, I suppose.
I had a brief-very brief-return to dating sites some months ago and one thing that stood out to me was how many profiles were clearly written by AI, with some using AI-generated photos. It was hard to tell but nothing escapes my laser-like perception. The easy-to-miss cues in photos were the differently-sized limbs which changed between their photos, floating limbs, incredibly tiny heads, hidden hands, et cetera.
Terrifying
You’re not alone. My partner was an onlyfans “star” with a moderate following a few years back. To this day people catfish as him and I only know because I have friends in the Midwest who are like, “this your man?” And he’s sitting next to me in New York 😂 People are really crazy with it all. It’s especially rife with onlyfans models because a lot of my friends struggle with it happening all the time.
You got the accent perfectly. We totally say "snark". One of my favorite things!
I once had a whale shark steal _my_ identity. I kept getting bills from night clubs from all over the world for a long while after that one.
Wouldn't the night clubs be coming after you only if a baby seal stole your identity?
Your American is getting spooky good. I can't even call it an accent; your voice changes so much that it's more of an impression (of a person who does not exist) 👻
As an American I clocked it immediately. It's a tough accent to do, and I even heard the cracks sometimes in A-list celebrities performances. Plus we have our share of weird regional dialects that can further muddy the water. Practice makes perfect though! I think what makes it so tough is our vowels are so clipped and we talk so damn fast.
@@ChristopherSadlowskiYes to all of that. I also notice that when British people try to mimic the American rhotic "r" sound, they often over-exaggerate it-- not by much, but just enough to sound off to Americans.
I'm not surprised the catfish wanted to use your likeness, maybe they thought since you're not a massive celebrity, no one would notice.
But the deepfake porn thing is absolutely ridiculous. I cannot imagine how anyone could request or peoduce that in good conscience.
"in good conscience"
"conscience"
It's a staple of 4chan and other cesspits. They also keep libraries of naked bodies to shop into still images of celebrities/microcelebrities. There's about a billion such videos and images made with Ben Shapiro's sister, Hila Klein, and all major Twitch streamers that don't make porn of their own. And those that do.
I would love a video on the topic tho. It's rarely talked about
It's because they see it as "It's not really her though, so it's fine." I've seen those corners of the internet, they've convinced themselves it's not creepy.
There's a current case in Almendralejo in Spain where many underage girls had their images used for fake porn.
A decent deepfake requires too many resources for most of them not to be blatant at being fake.
i’m sorry, this is so unfortunate! i think it’s good to give attention to this issue
4:50 - don't catfish as Emma's nan either!
Now there is an idea...
I watched Project Power when it came out, and I enjoyed it quite thoroughly. It's super cool to know you worked on it, as well as the Catfish documentary guys.
I can't guess at how icky this would feel. The deep fakes and AI are opening up a whole new world of creepiness. Enjoy your to the convention 😀
Even before deepfakes and AI there were some Creepy, CREEPY PEOPLE!
I remember hearing stories about weirdos taking pictures and making a collage of the subjects face put over other people's faces in magazines.
@@Gfish17 magazines.... what, back in 1993?
@Sem5626 Even back in the 1970s! Trust me, I'm that old... damn it.
Emma you are a complete delight. Thanks dear for your videos. You know you've made the big time when they catfish you. Stay safe
I didn't know you weren't single! Congratulations to you and your very lucky partner!
The fact that they used your name and made the other information sound like you IRL, makes me think they were hoping to cash in on your celebrity. Usually when people catfish they give the profile a random name so the victims can't easily locate the picture source.
Back in the day when UKIP was still a thing, one of my local UKIP Councillors used to jump on every one of my Facebook posts that he didn't like. To call me a "troll" because my profile photo is of comedian Jimmy Edwards. He managed to get me banned from several pages and groups. While using a football club badge, or cartoon as a profile pic was never questioned.
The american accent was weirdly natural ngl. Jarred me so hard I did a double take.
This video was all an excuse for Emma to flex about her Masters degree. Well played.
You are not a small channel anymore. Twice in the past 2 months I came across other channels that mentioned your name or had your picture.
You have a great american accent. You are almost as good as Alba Baptista who started in "Watrrior Nun". I was shocked when I found out baptista wasn't american.
There are too many bad people on the internet. I hope they didn't completely ruin it. I love my online friends.
Emma you have no idea the industry of scammers is massive, literally industrial levels. You have over 100k subs so yes you are a target. You have no clue what these scam teams have access too. This is really really disturbing. I know you laugh it off but this is worrying stuff. My mum is in her 70’s she isn’t tech savvy and got scammed.
I get what you’re trying to say but maybe this could have been said is a less patronizing tone?
She's not the target of the scam though lol
How can text have a tone? I didn’t intend to be patronising. If you read it like that that is on you. I’m just staggered at the level of industry the scammers operate at.
@@simonroper4713 You’re right, I misspoke. It wasn’t your tone that was patronizing, it was literally just what you said that was the patronizing bit. “Emma you have no idea…” “You have no clue…” and just your ‘I’m gonna tell you what’s what little lady’ attitude. It’s okay though. I’m used to men on the internet not being conscious of the condescending way in which they speak to women, and I’m just as used to men not accepting this as so when it’s pointed out to them.
Cool to know that you worked on Project Power. I enjoyed watching it (twice) and thought the effects were quite good. Also, some Americans do use the work snark or describe something as snarky.
Hey there Emma,
Thought I would let you know that you do have an American doppelganger. It is my youngest daughter; however I can assure you she would not appropriate your identity. She is a couple months older than you and you both have very similar personalities. One of the reasons I so enjoy watching your content.
Clearly Emma is a clone of your daughter who was artificially given a British accent
@@daedalus6796 clearly.
My daughter does absorb accents like a sponge though. 🙂
As a Certified American (TM) I am here to report that we do, in fact, say "snark" although I mostly use the adjective form: snarky.
I also love that one of the interests is "take out". If there's one thing we Americans have absolutely made a hobby out of, it is that. A+ work on that bit.
As an American, I can definitely confrim that I use 'snark' on a regular basis...however, I also listen to an unhealthy amount of Brittish 2Tone ska music, so...
Me too. For the snark was a boojum, you see.
"I'm not that self-obsessed..." - the posture is hilarious @1:52.
Watching this made me feel...icky. People are weird.
Congrats on the anniversary, hope this didn't feel too uncomfortable for you. Hugs x
WAIT WAIT WAIT!! What do you mean the hot sexy women in my area are scams! I see the ads all the time and I just assume that every time I go to the market I leave behind a swath of swooning sexy singles because the side bar ads tell me that my area is just chock full of them! Are you saying that doesn't happen?
Speaking as an American, yes, we will absolutely say snark. I can't speak for the entire country, but it's common enough in New York and Los Angeles. Though I'd say "snarky" is significantly more common.
A vid on ai deepfakes would be interesting. I think there's a lot of people who have decided to fight it but others who think it's a hazard of the job.
deepfakes are so crazy. it can be so realistic its almost scary
THANK YOU EMMA! You're the first and only youtuber so far to acknowledge the scammers who troll TH-cam comments. (at least to my knowledge) Sure it's obvious but there are gullible people out there. I wish more popular youtubers would bring attention to it. Thank you thank you. Also, Love your America impression.
One of the TH-camrs I watch warned his audience too but I don't remember which one.
They have been around for months, and when aware most YTers do address them.
Just make sure you report the messages as spam. The more that do the faster they disappear.
@@Cheepchipsable Months? Years.
You're not single?
A VFX editor.
Wow, you're a dark horse, Emma. Full of surprises. In a nice way. 😊
That's kinda flattering, you have an identity! :D (I don't. :( ) PS you're closed caption employee is amazing.
Damn. I guess I should cancel these wedding invitations 🤣
Just wanted to say many congratulations on your anniversary Emma x 4 years is fab x
Also love the video , very informative and a great warning to be careful online x
I don't think it matters if someone is well known - a coworker of mine isn't a public figure in any way, shape or form, and people keep stealing her pictures and making fake Instagram accounts. 🤷♀️
Emma is taller than me and someone tried to claim shorter. 🤣
Yeah, they will steal any pic.
That must feel so icky. As content creators we are just bound to have to deal with massive creeps like this. Shouldn't be this way, it sucks.
I thought that happened to me, once. Someone sent me a screenshot of my profile and I thought, "Uh oh, did someone steal my photo?" and then I realized it was my actual profile and I had just blocked the app without turning off my profile.
Congratulations on the four years! Yay Emma!
what a bummer. no one i have ever talked to said or say "snark" . good to know you got it fixed without to much trouble or any loss. I think this type of thing happens a lot to people in media in general. there was a tv reporter who did not know his pic was on dating sites.
Congratulations on your anniversary :)
There is no reason I should follow Emma except for her quirky nature, great sense of humour and extremely serious Britishness. I don't think the fake Emma looks quite as confident in herself as the snarky person we see today 😀
The disturbing part is the number of videos you’ve posted would probably make a convincing cloned AI voice possible, so someone could even catfish with video and audio.
There is only one "Mistress God of Changing Water to Wine Emma Thorne".
PS: "Five Finger Sale" is a way say stealing.
I'm an atheist too Emma! Thx for sharing this creepy experience with us, my best regards from Colombia 😁
Oh, I've been to MCM multiple times, but not since 2020. Been there meeting online friends before. Can't fly there this year, too close to certain appointments. Feels nicer to me than San Diego Comic Con, probably because it's more relaxed, the people, and because of London.
The dating scams always want gift cards as they are easier to not trace and not give back. Thought I found a guy that was going to be a nice boyfriend. Told me he had two daughters, I saw pics, talked to him via a chat app for phone calls, which is a red flag for me now, all of that lovely stuff. Found out after Christmas, this person I thought I was falling for was a fake and the photos were of someone that is deceased. He had two daughters too.
Thank you for sharing this catfish story to help spread awareness as well.
I've been on dating apps recently, and they seem far worse with fake profiles and such than they were last I was on. They are also far trickier with their fakes now too, and how they respond.
A lot of catfishers use others identity to get nudes from people who think they are "lucky" to talk to someone famous.... so they send it easier. Pretty dumb , but a lot fall into that trap
Yes, we snark often. Usually said as "that person is snarky".
Young, so always new ideas.
Damn smart and appreciated always.
I am older and send respect.
May you flourish
I had a woman I was talking to when I was going through a divorce catfish me. She must have subscribed to the persons socials or whatever because she gave me pics of like relevant events. Obviously this is awful for you because of the lies, I am happy this person reached out to you to get it taken down, because dealing with those lies on the other end sucks too…
Emma, I don’t know how to tell you this but there’s really weird people out there. And they think they are NORMAL! Run from anyone who describes themselves as normal.
Most sane people I know considder it slander to be refered to as normal 😂
Who doesn't know the LA in the UK just between Rome UK and Tokyo UK
Always fun to find a fresh vid of you to watch with a hot cup of coffee
What a wild ride of a video - just a bizziare experience I'm sure! Your comments around deep fake AI content is kinda scary...it takes ethics to a whole 'nother level! Thanks for another thought provoking and fun video, as always!
So I guess we're not meeting at Sharkey's on Saturday??? 😂
If i ever see someone stealing your identity on a dating app I'm going to report and say "I know the real Emma! She's 5'3"!"
"You raised my hopes and dashed them quite expertly, sir. Bravo!"
You know, ever since that malarkey with the Sea Turtles and the drinking straws, I feel like the animals of the ocean have been getting too big for their boots - but this is just ridiculous. Identity theft is not a joke!
When scammers ask for my credit card number, I send them random numbers to 100,000 digits and buried somewhere in there is my actual number. 14 years and so far nobody has cracked it.
On the bright side, you know you're something when they start copying you.
As icky as this is, congratulations on being _worthy_ of duplicating!
Something similar happened to me.
A person contacted my wife to tell her i was cheating on her because she found me on a dating site.
But it was a Canadian dating site and we live in Florida.
“Emma, Americans do say ‘snark’,” Shannon said snarkily. 🤣💖
In true catfish tradition... Check with your best friends and one random acquaintance in case it is revenge impersonation
Loved Emsies video today
Yes it is a bit 'icky', but it also seems like the beginning of an 'International Mystery" where the real Emma solves the mystery behind the reason there is a pseudo Emma supposedly living in LA.
I wouldn't never get catfished by this profile. That's because I know Emma would be too good for me.
The accent change is spot on! It's hilarious!!🤣🤣😂
Congratulations on 4 years!
Whee! First! (I'm so sad)
Sorry that some cad has flitched your ID, Ems. Give 'em hell!
The British person in me heartily approves of the use of cad in that sentence lol
Happy anniversary!
It is illegal to make money off someone's likeness without their consent, so assuming they're making money off this deep fake pornography, there is no line to draw anywhere: you get the person's consent before you make money using their likeness, or you're committing a crime and defrauding them of profit without the opportunity to waive it. End of discussion.
"Oh dear!" as King Charles was supposed to have said when your revolving Prime Minister door was spinning like crazy.
Well never mind the craziness, thanks for telling us, and I think you would do a great job at exploring and explaining this topic. Happy anniversary- it's ours too. Best from the US .
My sister put out an album years ago, called "Seriously Silly". She got that phrase from me one night. I have a feeling that said phrase applies, from time to time, to your life, Emma. :)
I really liked Project Power. Good work!
It _is_ a very nice pic tho ;)
Americans do use snark, but usually in a context of aggressive sarcasm.
Americans have odd definitions for liberal, but it's often short-handed to 'folks that want to allocate the wealth of the wealthy to the poor and destitute'. There is plenty of overlap with the term 'progressive'.
Maybe a local thing (Texas) but we define it as "anyone to the left of hunting the homeless for sport" but that may be just a bunch of us liberals being cynical lol.
@@bookfreak360 I mean I've legitimately seen American Conservatives call people "liberal" for saying they don't want to murder homosexuals, so... I don't feel like it's cynicism.
Emma gets catfished. She also enjoyed _Catfish: The TV Show_ . The producers of _Catfish_ then produced a movie called _Project Power_ , starring Dominique FISHback. You see, it's fish all the way down... And it's all... _very_ fishy.
Your American accent is getting much better! Although when you said "SnarK" there was too much emphasis on the last K, at least to my ear.
Thanks to TV Tropes, yes, Americans have embraced the word "snark."
Your voice at the beginning was so uncanny lol I was like "Did you get a cold or something?"
was reading my american football news on the other screen when the video started. came back brainlessly trying to skip what I thought was a dating app add.
I'm American and I say snark all the time. I just like the sound of it. I also use lift and elevator based on what I think sounds better in the moment, so I'm an oddity for the US anyway.
I'd say something is "snarky" rather than something "has snark" or "of snark"
10:45 dance parkour sounds great. Wait...(types into google)... turns out it really is A Thing.
Your accent at the beginning straight up unnerved me, I was convinced our reptilian overlords had gotten to you for a second.
Congratulations on four years. Here's to many more.
Many of us would absolutely say snark. But the ones on dating sights might just say "sarcasm"? I don't even know.
21?! What a blatant lie! She obviously looks 22.
I liked the video. The fake dating intro is fantastic! I would hear anything like that.