More Than a Scandal: What OAU's Catfishing Case Says About The Students
Olúwafémi Adetunji When a university graduate, particularly the one who once walked in the same lecture halls, preys on the innocence of fellow students through deceit, the entire academic community is jolted, because it is usually tagged as "betrayal at its peaks." The recent trend on that an Obafemi Awolowo University graduate, Prince Momoh, orchestrated a catfishing scheme, under the guise of a female social media influencer named Priscilla (snapchat @girl_priscilla), is not only shameful, but deeply troubling and calls for caution, not just for OAU students but every social media users. The ''OAU Catfishing Scandal'' revealed how digital manipulation, materialism, and misplaced trust, coexist to victimize unsuspecting students. In its rawest form, catfishing is an act of betrayal, usually a calculated construction of false identit(ies) to exploit others, whether emotionally, psychologically, and financially. What many fail to reali...

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