Doxbait

A form of bait designed to provoke a user into revealing personal information that can be used to identify, locate, and harm them—their real name, address, workplace, family members, or other identifying details. Doxbaiting involves crafted interactions that seem innocent—a survey, a game, a friendly conversation—but are actually fishing expeditions for data. The baiter builds trust, asks seemingly harmless questions, pieces together information from multiple interactions, and gradually constructs a profile that can be weaponized. Doxbait is the fishing lure of the digital dark side: attractive, harmless-seeming, and hiding a hook that can destroy lives.

Example: "A friendly user in the gaming server asked where everyone was from, what they did for work, if they had families. Harmless small talk, it seemed. Months later, after an argument, that user posted everything—addresses, workplaces, children's names. Doxbait had been laid, patiently, and the harvest was devastating."

Doxbait by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 18, 2026

dombait 

a person who initially pretends to be sexually dominant to seduce someone but, in the act, turns out to be more submissive.

“They told me they were gonna dom me, but they ended up being a total sub.”
“Damn, what a dombait!”

dombait by Adriana Longue January 20, 2023