The name of Simon Leviev has become news in the world after the Netflix platform premiered one of its most anticipated documentaries of the year: ‘The Tinder scammer’.
This film documents the story of the rise and fall from grace of Israeli Shimon Hayut, who managed to pass himself off as a tycoon with a life of luxury to seduce women online and steal millions of dollars from them.
Shimon, who came from an Orthodox middle-class family in Tel Aviv, Israel, had been in legal trouble from a young age, with crimes including check forgery, employer fraud and identity theft appearing on his record.
However, all that past could be hidden with a good profile image and a fairly convincing biography to attract new girls and achieve their mission of scamming them by promising them this life and the other.
Using his fictitious name, he posed as the son of diamond tycoon Lev Leviev, but when he was discovered he changed his name again to evade the authorities.
the perfect trap
Most of Simon’s victims were European women from countries like Finland, Sweden and Denmark and his method of courtship was repeated in each of them.
After the first date, he invited the young lovers to a dinner at the luxurious hotel where he was staying and opened his intimacy to them with the most pleasant and pleasant conversation they had ever had.
Later, he invited them to fly over some European city in his private jet in the company of some of his associates who always had something surprising to say about himself. After his victim was convinced that Simon was someone to trust; The nightmare began for these women.
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Despite the luxuries, the brands and the expensive trips; This individual used a Ponzi scheme to get money from one of his girlfriends on the Tinder social network while he wasted these resources on another of the innocent young women.
In total, it is estimated that he stole more than 10 million dollars from more than five young people who claimed to have been his partner and so far it is unknown if this money was returned.
Controversial sentence
Even though Leviev was proven to have scammed a sizable group of women through this dating app, the man was only sentenced to 15 months in prison in his native Israel.
The man was conditionally released from prison and has continued his life as a “business advisor” and has even managed to keep his Instagram account where he has shown his new partner.
The truth is that this swindler He has been looking for a way to open up new opportunities for him, but the Tinder social network decided to completely remove his account from the dating app.
“We have conducted an internal investigation and can confirm that Simon Leviev is no longer active on Tinder under any alias,” the well-known app said in a statement.
Finally, the story of this man confirms once again the risks that can exist in social networks. In addition, it is an example for users not to be fooled by criminals who take advantage of people’s innocence to steal and deceive them.
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