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Kirat Assi spent nearly a decade as the victim of an elaborate catfishing scheme, now the focus of Netflix’s new documentary, Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare. The film comes after Tortoise Media’s 2021 multi-part podcast series, which exposed the inner workings of “one of the world’s most sophisticated catfishers.”
The former radio presenter was duped for nearly a decade by someone within her inner circle who posed as a man named Bobby Jandu. The real Bobby Jandu, also part of their Sikh community in London, was unaware that his identity was being being stolen to scam her.
Assi and the fake Bobby’s connection began in 2010 as a Facebook friendship that evolved into a serious romantic relationship. However, whenever she attempted to meet Bobby in person, he always had an excuse. The identity of the scammer was eventually revealed to be Assi’s cousin, Simran Bhogal.
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