90 Day Fiancé Alum Stephanie Matto’s Photos Stolen & Used To Catfish Men

Meta-tag: Stephanie Matto often gets in the headlines for unusual stunts, but this time the 90 Day Fiancé star’s photos were stolen and she is scared.

What with her farts in jars and other financial endeavors, 90 Day Fiancé alum Stephanie Matto likes to get into the headlines. However, this time, the former TLC reality star has good reason to be scared. This came after her photos were stolen from social media and used to catfish men. Meanwhile, the scammer made loads of money, while sending a strange man to Stephanie’s house for a date.

90 Day Fiancé alum Stephanie Matto’s identity stolen

According to the former 90 Day Fiancé star, a man flew across the country after being catfished by someone posing as Matto on Facebook. It happened late on Friday night, when a man arrived in Stephanie’s driveway, ready to take her on a date.

As noted by the US Sun, the stranger claimed he had flown to Connecticut over plans they had made online. He also claimed he had spent thousands of dollars on gifts for the former TLC reality star. However, Stephanie had never talked to this man. On searching on social media, Matto found a fake Facebook account using her name and photo to lure victims.

Meanwhile, when it comes to this type of scammer, most people think only of the catfished party as a victim. However, when they use real photos of people in their catfishing, those people also become victims.

Stephanie Matto dials 911

It was due to this fake Facebook page that Matto, 33, ended up hiding in a closet on January 26, calling 911 to report a strange man on her property. However, Stephanie is no stranger to weirdos stalking her. The former TLC star, who has gained 296,000 followers on Instagram, has previously been forced to call the police over a stalker. However, the latest incident has brought to mind dangers Matto had never considered. She explained:

It was around 10:30, 11 pm at night, and I get woken up because my dogs start growling, and I also hear some commotion outside of my house.

On looking outside, she saw a car parked in front of her house, which features a long, private driveway. When the car didn’t leave, Matto saw a man in his 50s of 60s getting out of the vehicle. It was at this stage that she panicked and called 911.

When an officer came to her door, he asked her if she knew Louis, to which she responded, “No, I don’t know this person at all.”

To that, the police officer noted that the man believed he had a date with her that night.

While Stephanie Matto is known for her stunts to impress social media, this incident was truly scary for her. It turned out Louis had sent the catfish thousands of dollars in gift cards and believed he was meeting with her to take her to a hotel.

Matto explained that the victim is feeling “very foolish” and “so embarrassed” over the incident. What makes matters worse is that Stephanie has found many fake profiles using her name and photos on Facebook that it could likely happen again.

When she found the profile that had targeted Louis, she discovered that the page is handled by a “Nigerian scammer.” Meanwhile, the police told Matto that the case will be sent to the cybercrime division, while telling her to report the fake profiles to Facebook.

Now, Stephanie is working to remove her address from the Internet and has police officers patrolling her street.

She warned her followers that it doesn’t matter which platform they are on, or how they are putting themselves out there, all it takes is “one person with bad intentions to come across your page.”