Oh no! Saif Ali Khan‘s photoshoot pic from Kal Ho Na Ho has been misused, leading a UK-based woman to fall for this cyber crime. Time and again, pictures of celebs have often been misused by people on social media. Sadly, there is no solution to this problem. The latest celeb whose name has been linked to this is Rangoon star, Saif. His picture was used by a person going by the name of Antony Ray, who fooled 44-year old Anna Rowe on Tinder. She was actually under an impression that it was Saif, with whom she fell in love with. However, truth does find it’s way and that happened on this case as well. So Rowe and Roy were dating for about 14 months after which, due to several suspicious instances, the mother of two decided to go to the depths of the person’s identity and was shocked to find out that she had been fooled.
According to Dailymail, “After 14 months of virtually dating, the woman hired a private investigator only to find that Antony was a married man with children.” Damn! It’s a terrible thing to use a celebrity’s pic and claim it as your own profile pic and what’s worse is fooling someone with the same! Of course, initially when we read this piece of information, we were a little taken aback. Now the female who is the victim in this case has appealed for catfishing to be made illegal. The term catfish is generally used as a phenomenon when an individual makes fake profiles and identities on social media.
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As Ray looked a lot like Saif, he used the actor’s pics on Tinder as his profile picture and convinced Rowe that it was him. But not just the profile pic but the backstory of the man was also a lie. “I was heartbroken, but I was also scared. I wondered if anything he told me true,” said Anna to Dailymail. Their relationship was pretty serious with her giving her cues to get married and calling her Mrs Ray!
Anna Rowe was dating a Saif Ali Khan lookalike with the name of Antony Ray
It happened in Kent, the United States when Anna Rowe, 44, met Antony Ray through online dating App Tinder in the year 2015. Their profiles matched according to the dating app and they met up after three months of chatting online. Little did she know that her ‘perfect world’ was soon going to get shattered into pieces?
How Saif Ali Khan’s lookalike duped Anna Rowe into his false romance
Antony Rowe was smart enough to make fake promises and lure Anna to believe their romance was a perfect fairytale. He would tell her they were 'creating something special' and would refer to her as 'Mrs Ray' and 'future wife' during thousands of messages, though he made excuses for why he could only meet up with her sporadically. The man claimed he lived in London, had been divorced for 15 months and had three sons and parents who lived in Harrogate, Yorkshire. Soon the couple started getting to know each other, through WhatsApp, texts and speaking on the phone. He claimed to spend weekends with his children and work in aviation, meaning he had to travel abroad several times a month, in order to explain his sporadic visits.
Soon Anna Rowe started getting suspicious about his visits
Anna Rowe a teacher by profession was even smarter and she sensed something was going wrong in her relationship and it isn’t the way it should be. She eventually hired a private investigator who revealed he was a married man with a separate mobile phone and social media accounts to conduct his affairs. She was literally shattered after learning that she was a victim of catfishing and even needed counselling.
Anna Rowe is now urging the Government there to make catfishing illegal
Anna Rowe who was a victim of catfishing wants to ensure that no women ever falls prey to such fraud and wants the Government to make it illegal. She said, “I didn't know who this man who had been in my life for 14 months was. I'm not stupid by any means, but he had played me. I was heartbroken, but I was also scared. I wondered if anything he told me true. I later came to know that he had used the fake profile picture for the same reason though he resembled this actor is many ways.
Anna Rowe was not the only victim
Soon after Anna Rowe came ahead and shared her experience, another woman told MailOnline that she too was a victim of the same fraud. Antony Rowe used the same tactics on her too and even gave her the same series of lies which he used for Anna.
We wonder how Saif is going to react to this misuse of his picture. What are your thoughts on this, Bollywoodlifers? Tell us in the comments box below.
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