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Free to use infographic from SWNS see story SWDATE: Half of Britain’s online daters suspect they have been “catfished”, according to new research. The ruse – where tricksters use fake profiles to lure would-be suitors into romance or financial stings – is affecting increasing numbers of those looking for love online. A survey of 1,500 current internet daters in the UK, commissioned by internet security firm BullGuard, showed that over a third think they have been lied to at some point. One in five claim they have been chatting to a suitor online who was trying to gather financial information from them for fraudulent purposes.