U.S. adults who have sent money to a catfish 2022, by gender
As of January 2022, eight percent of male and three percent of female U.S. internet users reported that they had definitely sent money to a catfish. Overall, ten percent of men and 12 percent of women said they had probably sent money to someone pretending to be someone else. The vast majority of respondents said they had never sent money to a catfish.