How Israel's 'Tinder Swindler' manipulates the media – The Forward
The alleged Israeli conman on Netflix's 'Tinder Swindler,' who says he admires Donald Trump, shows there's no such thing as bad publicity.
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The alleged Israeli conman on Netflix's 'Tinder Swindler,' who says he admires Donald Trump, shows there's no such thing as bad publicity.
Film depicting true story of Israeli con man Shimon Hayut, who bamboozled girls by pretending to be diamond scion, becomes first documentary to lead Netflix viewership globally
The Tinder Swindler aka Simon Leviev may still be a free man, but everybody knows his name since the gripping Netflix documentary dropped in early February.
Shimon Heyada Hayut, 30, from Israel, who operated under several aliases, including Simon Leviev, is planning to use his newfound Netflix fame to crack Hollywood, according to TMZ.
New federal data shows online romance scams are growing at a record clip and led to bilking would-be lovers out of more than $500 million just last year.