Who were Tinder Swindler’s victims? Full list of people who were conned out of thousands
dailystar.co.ukNetflix’s latest true crime documentary to grip viewers is Tinder Swindler.It tells the story about Simon Leviev, an Israeli conman who seduced and swindled young women, landlords and families out of millions in order to finance his own luxury lifestyle.The documentary follows some of the women who were tricked into believing his lies.Simon, whose real name is Shimon Hayut, would match with women on dating apps such as Tinder, and would form a relationship with them.He would normally convince them he was Simon Leviev, son of Israeli diamond mogul billionaire Lev Leviev.Simon would spoil his dates, take them on luxury private jets and shower them with gifts.But eventually he would start to ask for money.The conman, who called himself the 'prince of diamonds', would convince them to take out credit cards in their name – conning them out of enormous amounts of money.So who were his victims?
Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang (VG) has put together an incredible interactive map, showing the extent of Leviev's crimes.Cecilie Fjellhøy, from Lillestrøm in Norway, matched with Leviev on Tinder, and first met him in the Four Seasons hotel in London on January 14, 2018.For months the 29-year-old graduate student, who was living in London, believed they were a couple, and spoke to him daily.Straight after their first date, Simon asked Cecilie to join him on a business trip to Bulgaria on his private jet.They embarked on a long distance relationship, and Leviev even called Cecilie his future wife.Four weeks after their first date Simon told Cecilie he couldn't visit her in London due to ongoing threats he had been receiving.
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