He Stole $10 Million From His Tinder Matches

This is Simon Leviev AKA the Tinder swindler an international con man and identity fraudster who conned nearly $10 million out of women he met on the popular dating app Tinder Tinder you take the call was fairly simple Simon Leviev whose real name is Shimon haute would contact women on Tinder pretending to be the son of diamond billionaire Lev Leviev to further sell his fake identity Simon curated A Tinder and Instagram profile filled with pictures of exotic cars luxury clothes high end jewelry private jets and everything else you'd expect from a billionaire on 1st dates Simon would charm his victims with lavish gifts elegant dinners at five star restaurants and impromptu trips on private jets using money he borrowed from other women he previously caught he was essentially running an international romance Ponzi scheme it's not a pyramid scheme it is a it's not even a scheme per se it's quite possibly the largest one to ever exist one Simon was confident that his latest victim was securely blind with love and excitement about their new budding romance Simon would pretend he was being targeted by his enemy and in desperate need of immediate help me I'm poor Simon would often said the same series of messages to each woman indicating that he had just been attacked with the knife that his bodyguard Peter had saved him he would then ask his victims to help him financially due to the breach of security allegedly hindering his use of his bank accounts and credit cards women would then take out bank loans and open up new credit cards in order to help all under the assumption of course it's Simon really was a billionaire heir to a diamond empire continuing the Ponzi scheme Simon would then use the money gained from the deception of his last victim to Laura new victims later he would pretend to repay his victims by sending forged documents showing fake bank transfers and then cut off contact with the victims often threatening them if they made further attempts to get their money back you threatening me slyman's Khan went largely undetected for years that was until victims acilia bellboy decided to take revenge the only place she knew how by exposing the fraudster to the public you're a fraud making the professional manipulator as famous as possible thus halting his ability to con anyone else in the future 2019 Cecilia brought her story to the Norwegian tabloid VG which exposed Simon to the public for the first time with the article titled the Tinder swindler the story was a viral sensation almost overnight and it led many of Simon's victims to realize for the first time how extensive his scheme actually was one of those victims was this woman Eileen Charlotte Simon's girlfriend at the time of the articles publication with the help of fellow victims Cecilia FL boy for nila sohom Eileen was finally able to turn the tables back on Simon with Simon fully exposed he was unable to continue his typical tender roots Simon was running out of money fast and Eileen knew she had a unique opportunity to finally connect the con man that fans an imposter that man is the impossible pretending to be on Simon's side Eileen convinced Simon to give her his entire luxury wardrobe under the guise that she would sell his clothing and send the money back to Simon Eileen did sell most all of Simon's possessions but instead she kept all of the profits for herself in a panic desperate to continue his ruse Simon fled to Greece on a fake passport tracking his movements Eileen notified the authorities and Simon was arrested by Interpol in Greece as soon as he landed Simon was deported back to Israel where he was sentenced to 15 months in prison for previous fraud related crimes but he was released only five months later as a result of the coronavirus pandemic in 2022 Netflix released the Tinder swindler documentary which has already been seen by over 50 million people following the release of the film hinder permanently banned Leviev from its platform get off Tinder you fake in 2022 shortly after the release of the documentary Leviev launched an NFT collection which is in quotes seen and heard in the film Levi have signed with talent manager Gina Rodriguez of bitoni Inc in hopes of pursuing a career in the entertainment industry he also has a cameo account I everybody I'm so excited to be earning cameo where he charges $200 for personalized videos and $2000 for business videos ohh my god that's for levias victims the three women who were featured in the documentary who were the key orchestrators behind labias exposure and capture have put together a go fund me campaign to help pay off some of their debts to date it is raised over $220,000 today