--- title: Fred Weasley Addresses Tinder Fake Profile description: Actor James Phelps, who played one of the 'Harry Potter' movies' twins, is clearing up some confusion around an impostor on the dating app. canonical: https://time.com/4779604/fred-weasley-tinder-catfish/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-15T19:19:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:39.899Z og:title: Fred Weasley Wants You to Know That He's Not This Guy on Tinder og:description: Don't be fooled by a man using a photo of actor James Phelps og:url: https://time.com/4779604/fred-weasley-tinder-catfish/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Fred Weasley Wants You to Know That He's Not This Guy on Tinder twitter:description: Don't be fooled by a man using a photo of actor James Phelps twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Fred Weasley Wants You to Know He's Not on Tinder So Don't Get Catfished By This Other Guy > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner May 15, 2017 7:19 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner May 15, 2017 7:19 PM UTC Tinder users, watch out for a [catfish](http://motto.time.com/4505708/nev-schulman-laura-perlongo-parental-leave/) in the form of a 22-year-old “Trent” who appears to be using a photo of [_Harry Potter_ actor James Phelps ](http://time.com/4763122/harry-potter-j-k-rowling-apologizes-snape-death/)— one half of the fan-favorite [Weasley twins](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0962359/) — to swindle potential matches on the dating app. (That is, he _says_ he’s 22 and named Trent on the app, but nothing is certain in this confusing age of false identity manufacturing online.) Thanks to the sharp eye of Twitter user Breezy, a long-term Phelps fan who said the actor was her “childhood crush,” Trent has been summarily called out for using the photo. In fact, Trent displayed the same photo on his Tinder profile that Phelps currently uses as his own Twitter picture. Phelps himself took to the social media platform to clear the air of the trickery, a prank that even the [notoriously mischievous](http://time.com/3978936/harry-potter-jk-rowling-birthday-wishes/item/oliver-and-james-phelps/) Weasley twins likely wouldn’t condone. “For the record folks I am 100% NOT on Tinder,” he confirmed for the general public — and for the sake of singles who might be hoodwinked by any identity-related antics (and, probably, disappointed that he’s not on the app after all). If you’re trying to impersonate someone else, might we suggest [Polyjuice Potion](http://time.com/4670620/harry-potter-lookalike-photo/)? It’s proven much more effective than digital manipulation at transforming the user into their person of choice. Then again, Muggles might just want to stick to reality. > [](https://twitter.com/James%5FPhelps/status/864154702849732609) > [](https://twitter.com/BriMasterMcPhee/status/863585189355802627) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4779604/fred-weasley-tinder-catfish/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4779604/fred-weasley-tinder-catfish/"},"headline":"Fred Weasley Wants You to Know He's Not on Tinder So Don't Get Catfished By This Other Guy","datePublished":"2017-05-15T19:19:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:39.899Z","description":"Don't be fooled by a man using a photo of actor James Phelps","url":"https://time.com/4779604/fred-weasley-tinder-catfish/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","Tinder","Harry Potter"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4779604/fred-weasley-tinder-catfish/","name":"Fred Weasley Wants You to Know He's Not on Tinder So Don't Get Catfished By This Other Guy"}}]}] ```