This archive report was first published on 13 August 2019.
August 13, 2019, a Ghanaian nurse, Akosuah May, created a fake social media account to test her boyfriend's fidelity.
May, who is also a travel agent, wanted to know if her boyfriend was faithful in their relationship.
She created a fake account and started chatting with her boyfriend, who was unaware of the ruse.
However, her plan backfired when her boyfriend revealed that his ex-girlfriend had passed away two months prior.
May was shocked and disappointed by her boyfriend's response, and she took to Twitter to share her story.
"I created a fake account and started chatting with my boyfriend, who told me that his ex-girlfriend had passed away two months ago," May tweeted.
However, many people on social media felt that May had been dishonest and manipulative in her approach, and they criticized her for not being honest with her boyfriend.
"Catfishing your own partner already shows a lack of trust in the relationship," one Twitter user wrote.
Another user suggested that the situation might be even more complex, involving another woman.
"Wait so is he wrong for cheating or is she crazy for baiting her own man into cheating?" the user asked.
