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Make catfishing a specific criminal offence under coercive control laws

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I want the Government to acknowledge not just the financial damage, but the emotional damage that can be caused by someone who uses lies and manipulation to obtain money, property, a caretaker and the mental health of another human being by means of deception and creating a fake identity.

Shabana Mahmood

Shabana Mahmood

Home Secretary

Emotional coercion through calculated lies
Long term financial emotional harm
Severe emotional damage belief
Accountability for identity deception harms

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Make catfishing a specific criminal offence under coercive control laws

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I want the Government to acknowledge not just the financial damage, but the emotional damage that can be caused by someone who uses lies and manipulation to obtain money, property, a caretaker and the mental health of another human being by means of deception and creating a fake identity.

Shabana MahmoodShabana Mahmood
Emotional coercion through calculated lies
Long term financial emotional harm
Severe emotional damage belief
Accountability for identity deception harms

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