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Tinder Swindler stars Cecile Fjellhøy, Pernilla Sjöholm, and Ayleen Charlotte have set up a Go Fund Me page in a bid to raise £600,000.The three women star in the new hit Netflix documentary, Tinder Swindler, where they claim Simon Leviev (formerly known as Shimon Heyada Hayut) conned them out of thousands in cash.The true crime documentary shows the three women share their experiences with Simon, who claimed to be the son of diamond billionaire Lev Avnerovich Leviev, after meeting him on the dating app Tinder. Cecile, Pernilla and Ayleen claim Simon portrayed himself as a wealthy man and showered the women with gifts and took them on lavish dates.Then he later claimed he was being hunted by his enemies and therefore unable to use his bank accounts, in fear the so-called enemies would find him.

The con artist at the heart of Netflix's latest phenomenon, The Tinder Swindler, has vowed to share his side of the story.The documentary follows several women on their mission to track down the man who tricked them into giving him tens of thousands of dollars after meeting him on a dating app. Shimon Hayut, 31, known to his victims as Simon Leviev, is estimated to have stolen $10m (£7.4m) through expensive dates and manipulative ploys. He was arrested and sentenced to 15 months on fraud, theft and forgery charges in December 2019, but only served five months of his sentence, being released on 'good behaviour' in May 2020.

Netflix‘s new documentary The Tinder Swindler has deleted his Instagram page following his own reaction to the film.The popular doc, which was released last week on the streaming platform, follows the story of a group of women who were conned out of millions of dollars by a user on a dating app to fund his lifestyle.Shimon Hayut was estimated to have stolen $10million (£7.4million) from a number of victims, going under the alias of Simon Leviev and gaining trust under the premise of expensive dates.He recently posted a message on his Instagram account, before deleting it, writing: “Thank you for all your support.“I will share my side of the story in the next few days when I have sorted out the best and most respectful way to tell it, both to the involved parties and myself. Until then, please keep an open mind and heart.”Hayut was previously jailed in Israel over travelling with a fake passport, though was released five months into a 15-month sentence on good behaviour.Victims Cecilie Fjellhøy, Ayleen Koeleman and Pernilla Sjoholm have since set up a GoFundMe page to raise money to repay their debts after being conned.

Netflix documentary – has deleted his Instagram account where he flaunted his wealth online.The 31-year-old disabled the social media account just two days after the explosive documentary dropped on the streaming service while it found itself in the top ten most popular content listed on the site.Across 2018 and 2019, Shimon Hayut tricked many single women – who he met through the popular dating app Tinder – out of hundreds of thousands of dollars while he pretended to be a billionaire under the false name Simon Leviev.However, since Netflix released their new documentary exposing his ploys to the world – which has gone on to spark huge media coverage internationally – the Israeli criminal has become shy on social media.In light of the renewed scrutiny, the convicted conman has decided to delete his social media account which he regularly updated with snaps of his lavish lifestyle including shots of him posing on a private jet to clips of him behind the wheel of a luxury car.Shimon was eventually arrested and charged with fraud, theft, and forgery which placed him behind bars for five months before he was released on ‘good behaviour’ in May 2020.And it didn’t take long before the criminal was boasting about his luxury life on Instagram again where he continued to flaunt his glamorous lifestyle up until the account was removed from Friday afternoon.Less than one month after he was released from prison, he shared a picture of himself while he smoked a cigar on a boat surrounded by alcohol which he captioned: “Let the summer begin.”And he didn’t stop there, as he went on to post numerous videos of himself flying high on a private plane.Just one week before that, Shimon shared a clip of himself driving in a bright red

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorThe con man investigated in Netflix’s new documentary “The Tinder Swindler” has been banned from the dating app.Shimon Hayut allegedly met women on Tinder before swindling them for millions of dollars after catfishing them into believing his name was “Simon Leviev” and that he was the son of Israeli diamond tycoon Lev Leviev.“We have conducted internal investigations and can confirm Simon Leviev is no longer active on Tinder under any of his known aliases,” Tinder said in a statement to Variety on Friday.When the doc was released on Wednesday on Netflix, it reported that Hayut was still active on Tinder.While Tinder has now banned him, he still has an account on Instagram with more than 200,000 followers. In an Instagram story posted on Friday, Hayut said he was preparing to tell his version of the story.

Manori Ravindran International Editor“The Tinder Swindler,” an eye-opening documentary about a notorious con man who used the dating app to defraud multiple women, could be getting the movie treatment.Variety understands that Netflix is in talks with producers about dramatizing the wild documentary that’s likely to make any Tinder user’s blood run cold. Sources indicate that the conversation is in early stages, and that the tone of a potential film is still being worked out.“The Tinder Swindler” debuted on the streaming service only on Wednesday, and it’s already cracking the platform’s Top 10 lists in the U.S.

Netfix's latest true crime documentary called Tinder Swindler takes a look at the shocking case of con artist Simon Leviev, who tricked women into thinking he was the "prince of diamonds".The Israeli fraudster would pressure women across Europe to take out hundreds of thousands of dollars in credit for him to use, after getting close to them on dating app Tinder.Simon had convinced them he was the son of wealthy Russian diamond tycoon Lev Leviev, and showered them with extravagant gifts.On the surface he seemed like the perfect guy – he would wine and dine them, and splash out on lavish gifts and trips on private jets.But after a while he would convince them that the diamond industry was so dangerous he wasn't able to take out credit cards in his own name, so he would get them to do it for him.In reality he was a convicted conman called Shimon Hayut, who had previously served three years in a Finnish prison for defrauding several women into funding his lifestyle.Simon had been defrauding women for years, and was reported for crimes in Israel, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway and England.He had already been charged with forgery, fraud and theft in 2011 in Israel, but failed to appear in court.He was later convicted of three counts of major fraud in 2015. An additional criminal case was launched against him in 2017, but he failed to appear again.Warrants for his arrest were issued, and Simon was eventually captured in Greece for using a fake passport in 2019.With the help of Interpol and Israeli police he was then extradited to Israel.

Netflix’s jaw-dropping new documentary “The Tinder Swindler” (out Feb. 2) tells Fjellhoy’s story and those of two other Leviev victims: Swedish marketing exec Pernilla Sjoholm and Dutch fashionista Ayleen Charlotte.“When I saw Simon’s pictures, he had the kind of look that I like,” Fjellhoy says in the film.

The Tinder Swindler is the jaw-dropping story of a prolific conman who posed as a billionaire playboy to scam a string of women.

Netflix’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.

Tinder Swindler, the latest Netflix documentary to grip viewers.It tells the mind-blowing story of women who were all conned by a man posing as a billionaire playboy, who they met through dating app Tinder.He allegedly scammed women around the world out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, posing as Simon Leviev, son of billionaire diamond mine owner Lev Leviev.The Israeli fraudster's real name is Shimon Hayut, and he would also call himself the "prince of diamonds".He would impress girls with his excessive lifestyle, complete with private jets, bodyguards and a team of personal assistants – which they were actually funding.So who is Shimon, and what exactly did he do? Here we explain all.Simon Leviev, real name Shimon Hayut, is originally from Bnei Brak, outside Tel Aviv in Israel.He was born on September 27 1990, and at the age of 15 he moved to the US.He changed his name to Simon Leviev in 2017, according to Israeli police, but has also used the names Mordechai Nisim Tapiro, Avraham Levy and Michael Biton.According to an investigative report by Norway's Verdens Gang newspaper, he would con women in Norway, Finland and Sweden out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.Despite living an incredibly lavish lifestyle, Shimon lied to the girls, telling them that he was in danger due to the threat the diamond industry posed.He asked his girlfriends, who were unaware of each other, to take out credit cards for him to "avoid leaving a paper trail in his name".But Shimon not only lied about his name, he also lied about his job and financial situation.Shimon was already wanted in Israel, and had spent two years in a prison in Finland for conning three women in 2015.In January 2018 he legally changed his name to Simon Leviev, posing

Tinder Swindler is set to enthral Netflix fans with its chilling true crime story.Directed by Felicity Morris, the series drops on the streaming service on February 2 and follows a group of women who were defrauded by dating app-based swindler Simon Hayut as they team up to hunt him down and recover the millions of dollars he stole from them.In order to con the women, Shimon posed as Simon Leviev, pretending to be the son of billionaire Russian-Israeli diamond mogul Lev Leviev.Referring to himself as the 'prince of diamonds', Shimon went so far as to legally change his surname to Leviev in order to portray Lev's heir.But, who is the real 'king of diamonds' Lev Leviev, and, how did he make his fortune?Lev Leviev is a 65-year-old businessman, philanthropist and investor who was born in Uzbekistan in 1956.He fled Uzbekistan with his family at the age of 15 and moved to Israel, beginning his career as a humble apprentice in a diamond polishing plant which would later give him the skills needed to amass his vast fortune.Whilst in the role, Leviev learned every step of the diamond cutting process.After briefly finding employment as communications directorate of the Israel Defense Forces, he would later use the skills and knowledge base to establish his own diamond polishing plant.

Netflix today.The Tinder Swindler is described as exploring 'the jaw-dropping story of a prolific conman who posed as a billionaire playboy on Tinder, and the women who set out to bring him down.' Three of the victims speak as part of the documentary, describing how they were conned out of hundreds of thousands of pounds, as well as how they worked to bring an end to his fraudulent scam once and for all.As The Tinder Swindler drops on Netflix and viewers sit down to watch the series, Daily Star has taken a closer look at the true crime story.The Tinder Swindler was a conman who defrauded women out of thousands of pounds after meeting them through the online dating app Tinder.His real name is Shimon Hayut, 31, but as part of his fraud scheme, he posed under the name Simon Leviev on Tinder and legally changed his surname to make his story more believable.Shimon lived a jet set lifestyle, travelling in private jets and staying in luxury hotels.However in order to do so, he used the dating app to contact women and defraud them out of money, in order to fund his lavish lifestyle.Shimon would connect with women on Tinder, and later invite them on dates where he would shower them in luxury gifts or take them travelling on a private jet.However, the money that he used to lavish the gifts on the women during these dates, was actually money he had conned out of other victims previously.He would tell the victims on Tinder and during these dates that he was a billionaire CEO, who would regularly travel for work.One such victim was Cecilie Fjellhoy, who shares her story as part of the Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler.In the documentary, she shares that Shimon took her on a private jet from London to Bulgaria, but after four