AS IT HAPPENS: Why this prof wants to make it illegal to dupe people into sex online. government to clamp down on dating site fraud. Rowe is now speaking out about so-called catfishing - the practice of using a fake name and identity on dating apps to trick someone into a relationship. She has started a petition calling on the U.K. She said he used a fake name to create an online persona, was dating multiple other women under the same guise and was married. Then, months later, she found out he'd deceived her.
They met on the dating app Tinder and, after a couple months, decided to meet in person and start a relationship. Anna Rowe fell in love with a divorced businessman who said his name was Anthony Ray.