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How to Catch an Internet Catfish with Grabify Tracking Links

Featured on MTV's Catfish TV series, in season 7, episode 8, Grabify is a tracking link generator that makes it easy to catch an online catfish in a lie. With the ability to identify the IP address, location, make, and model of any device that opens on a cleverly disguised tracking link, Grabify can even identify information leaked from behind a VPN. Whether it's an online apartment ad that seems too good to be true or a person online you have a strange feeling about, identifying red flags can save a lot of trouble early on. If you live in Canada, and an IP address in Africa lists the... more



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