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Candice Pridham caught out her dad's catfish with this simple question.

When Candice Pridham’s dad told her about his relationship with a woman he’d never met in person, the Adelaide woman was immediately suspicious.

Thinking her dad might be about to become the victim of a catfish scam – where fraudsters convince people they are someone in love with them and then to send money – Candice stepped in.

Candice used a clever trick to catch out the scammer that she shared with Mamamia after reading about a man who almost fell victim to a similar act.

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“This almost happened to my dad, but I caught it just in time,” she said.

Knowing that the man or woman behind the scam was not the one featured in the pictures they had sent her father, Candice’s solution was simple.

“[Dad] didn’t want to believe me, but I told him if she was real, ask her to take a picture of herself holding a piece of paper with today’s date on it,” she said.

“Send one of you the same to her so she can see you’re real and if she won’t do it, you know she’s fake,” she reasoned.

What came next wasn’t much of a surprise “Sure enough, I was right.”

Candice said instead of a selfie with the day’s date, her father received an “outraged email”.

The “woman” claimed she “didn’t know what a selfie was” and asked him “how could he doubt her love?”.

That response was all the evidence Candice and her dad needed.

How have you caught out a catfish?