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b'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.'