Hello, gorgeous. I’m a catfish. Are you lonely? I’m here to solve that problem.
Day 35: Catfish. Yesterday, on my Substack, I received a message saying simply, “Hello, gorgeous.”
If I could actually raise one eyebrow, it would have reached my hairline. What? Who are you? Why is your profile empty? There’s no history of you being on Substack for more than 5 minutes. And why are you talking to me like that?
Back up! Gimme some room.
“To flatter friends [anyone] is to lay a trap for their feet.” Proverbs 29:5
Definition: A catfish is a liar who deceives someone online by using a fake persona, stolen photos, and fabricated personal details. They love romance scams. They manipulate lonely people to get money from them.
If your first response is to slide right in to the already scripted groove in your head that leads straight to a sticky trap, you are doomed.
This tactic works in person or on the phone too.
Respect was missing in his insincere, overly-familiar attempt at an opening line.
By contrast, if I’m saying “Hello gorgeous,” to you, it’s because you’re approaching me with a bacon double-cheeseburger.
“Oh, yeah! I am about to eat you for lunch,” said every predator everywhere.
Sometimes, you just gotta ask one simple question. Are you trying to pull a ‘Sneaky Millie’ on me, Mr. Catfish?
Predator. Hunting. Killing. Consuming. Ugh! Predatory behavior is forever linked to the shameful Epstein files.
Yes, catfishing is a predatory behavior. A person catfishes wherever they find you. Even in church or other places where you assume you are safe.
Be on the lookout for the swaggering, love-bombing, opening lines. Because they use these to generate false connections on all of their targets, anywhere vulnerable men or women show up.
Dana Kaplan commented on my Substack note today, “I am an attorney and see my clients do this all the time, and often it is more than once! I tell them to get off the computer and get an in-person hobby!” Dana Kaplan – Off to Somewhere
Demon Spotting Code Word – Sneaky Millie Attack: Any underhanded trick or act of deceit used to manipulate, ridicule or shame. Your trust is eroded.
- Con men and liars always use this tactic.
- And people who play dumb practical jokes because you’re not laughing. They are.
- Suddenly, you feel excluded or ignored.
- Or by contrast, you feel overly fussed over and put on display.
Please stop insulting yourself by letting a catfish take advantage of you.
Hopefully you understand that being catfished is not a sincere compliment. Flattery is a manipulative, insincere attempt to encourage you to take your guard down.
Unfortunately, someone is hiding the truth, and leading you down the garden path.
I use the word, “grandiose” in my Demon Spotting game to reflect any insult large or small.
How often during the day are you (being grandiose) insulting yourself?
Stop doing that. Stop making it so easy for witchcraft and demonic influence to enter your mind.
Not only that, but diminishing yourself opens the door to the opposite team. This is how you get pulled into the split-mind gap (River of Shame).
Who do you want standing in your corner? Something demonic (a catfish) or Jesus Christ?
My mind is part of God’s. I am very holy. ACIM Lesson 35
“For each of the three five-minute practice periods, begin by repeating today’s idea to yourself. Then close your eyes and search your mind for the various kinds of descriptive terms in which you see yourself.
Include all the ego-based attributes which you ascribe to yourself, positive, negative, desirable or undesirable, grandiose or debased.
All of them are equally unreal because you do not look upon yourself through the eyes of holiness.” ACIM Lesson 35
A Course in Miracles (ACIM), Lesson 35 video
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My mind is part of God’s. I am very holy. ACIM Lesson 35
A Course In Miracles (ACIM): Workbook Lesson 35 (full text – free to read)
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