I agree with you that we can easily be deceived online, I made a digital friends years ago and we were close for 5 years and I didn't realize she told me a lot of lies about her family, claiming she was an orphan, it was later that I Met one of her family on another social media platform that she confessed ... She said she didnt know our friendship was going to last that long and she didnt know how to tell me the truth for fear of losing me, anyway we are still friends and our friendship is now 13 years.