Tinder Swindler True Story: Biggest Things The Documentary Leaves Out
Netflix's Tinder Swindler tells the true story of a man who is estimated to have conned people out of $10 million. The man, who went by the name Simon Leviev, pretended to be a billionaire's son on the Tinder dating app in order to convince countless women around the world to loan him money. This Netflix documentary tells a fairly complete story of the experiences of three of the victims.
Tinder Swindler shares the stories of three women, Cecilie Fjellhoy, Pernilla Sjoholm, and Ayleen Charlotte, who were all conned by Simon using a very similar strategy. Simon would slowly develop a relationship with them over months, during which he would demonstrate his wealth using money he had previously scammed out of others. Then, he would pretend to have survived an attack, sending pictures of an injury his supposed bodyguard had suffered and claiming his enemies were tracking him using his credit cards. These women willingly transferred over large amounts of money or opened new credit card accounts in their own name to help Simon stay safe. He always promised to pay them back but never did.
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The Netflix documentary concluded when Cecilie, Pernilla, and Ayleen worked together with journalists to have Simon arrested, but unfortunately, he was only charged for the fraud he had committed years before in Israel and not for the numerous schemes he had pulled on these unsuspecting women. Tinder Swindler is remarkably accurate in retelling these women's stories and retains many of the most important details, but it doesn't include everything. Here are the biggest things the documentary leaves out from the story.
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