What is catfishing? A brief (and sordid) history.

"Catfishing" is suddenly in the news again, with reports that the University of Virginia gang rape scandal may have been rooted in a romantic scam. At the heart of the scandal, according to documents filed in a lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine, was a troubled young woman who fell for a guy who failed to return her affections. Instead of moving on, the woman invented a fictitious upperclassman who claimed to be enamored with her -- presumably with the hope of showing her real crush what he ...