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Last spring, Michael McAllister\u2019s inbox started filling up with messages from heartbroken women. \u201cI thought you were the man,\u201d one wrote. \u201cEmbarrassing, but I kinda became obsessed with \u2018you,\u2019\u201d another said. Michael discovered that his photos were being used to catfish women on dating apps \u2014 from Germany to Brazil to Chicago.\n\nToday\u2019s story explores a global dating scam (that\u2019s still going on, by the way) and the pandemic-fueled loneliness of digital life. Also, we hear from two women who were duped by Michael\u2019s impostor. One of them shares a trick for determining whether or not a dating prospect is real.