The Tinder Swindler (2022)
| Title | The Tinder Swindler |
| Year | 2022 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Genre | Documentary (Movies) |
| Run Time | 1h 54 min |
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The Brits made a true crime flick, The Tinder Swindler (2022), directed by Felicity Morris and released on Netflix. An Israeli, Shimon Hayut, went around Europe posing as the son of Russian-Israeli diamond tycoon Lev Leviev aka the Diamond King. Using dating app Tinder under the alias Simon Leviev, he fooled women into giving him money that he never returned. He dazzled them with extravagant gifts and took them on fancy private jet dinners funded by other unsuspecting victims. He then claimed to be in danger from his “enemies”, sending identical messages and photos to each woman, claiming he had narrowly escaped an attack by a knife-wielding assailant thanks to his injured bodyguard’s protection.
After deceiving his victims and falsely claiming a ‘security’ issue had blocked his access to credit cards and bank accounts, he would request financial assistance from them. This often resulted in the women obtaining loans and new credit cards to provide him with money. Using this deceitful tactic, he was able to continue committing fraudulent acts on unsuspecting individuals, resembling a Ponzi scheme. Instead of repaying those he already swindled, he would fabricate documents showing fake bank transfers before cutting off all communication with them. In some cases, he would even resort to threatening and manipulating his victims in order to extort more funds. It has been approximated that his criminal activities yielded $10 million from people worldwide.
Date of download: 2015-11-11T17:22:34+00:00
Cast:  Simon LevievSelf |
The Brits made a true crime flick, The Tinder Swindler (2022), directed by Felicity Morris and released on Netflix. An Israeli, Shimon Hayut, went around Europe posing as the son of Russian-Israeli diamond tycoon Lev Leviev aka the Diamond King. Using dating app Tinder under the alias Simon Leviev, he fooled women into giving him money that he never returned. He dazzled them with extravagant gifts and took them on fancy private jet dinners funded by other unsuspecting victims. He then claimed to be in danger from his “enemies”, sending identical messages and photos to each woman, claiming he had narrowly escaped an attack by a knife-wielding assailant thanks to his injured bodyguard’s protection.
After deceiving his victims and falsely claiming a ‘security’ issue had blocked his access to credit cards and bank accounts, he would request financial assistance from them. This often resulted in the women obtaining loans and new credit cards to provide him with money. Using this deceitful tactic, he was able to continue committing fraudulent acts on unsuspecting individuals, resembling a Ponzi scheme. Instead of repaying those he already swindled, he would fabricate documents showing fake bank transfers before cutting off all communication with them. In some cases, he would even resort to threatening and manipulating his victims in order to extort more funds. It has been approximated that his criminal activities yielded $10 million from people worldwide.
