The Ponzi Scheme of the Tinder Swindler | Multi Level Mondays

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Blair Zoń

Documentary, Education, Business, Society & Culture

4.4 • 961 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Go to http://hellofresh.com/mlm65 and use code mlm65 for 65% off plus free shipping! Go to http://joinhoney.com/mlm to get PayPal Honey for free. Welcome to Multi Level Mondays, a weekly series all about multi level marketing, pyramid schemes, and ponzi schemes. The Tinder Swindler, Simon Leviev spent years scamming women on one of the most popular dating sites around the world. The fake heir to a diamond throne tricked women by love-bombing them and displaying a lavish lifestyle. But, it wasn’t their affections it was after, it was their money. Over the years he stole millions of dollars through a massive dating Ponzi Scheme and the world was none the wiser until one day a Netflix documentary emerged that blew up his plan and his scheme. Now, what has changed? Is the romance scammer still at it? Connect With Me: https://linktr.ee/iilluminaughtii’ Sources: https://justpaste.it/4uwtt Writers/Researchers/Helpers: Jess Hubbert This episode was edited and mixed by: G. Thomas Craig Album cover art created by: Betsy Primes Intro Song Credits: Last to Fall- Will Van De Crommert Outro Song Credits: Sacred and Profane- Nicholas Rowe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you're single and
0:05.0	inevitably find yourself on a dating site.
0:10.0	Most of us have been there.
0:11.0	Maybe it's to look for something serious or maybe just to make fun of the ridiculous descriptions and pictures people use on those things, but either way you've probably found yourself on tender at least once in your lifetime.
0:22.0	Don't lie to me. I'm the aluminati. I know all, right?
0:26.0	So, laying on your couch and PJs scrolling through one of the most popular dating apps of all time,
0:31.0	you might just be having a blast.
0:33.0	Swipe left to see the person that literally put their face on their cat as their main picture,
0:36.7	swipe right on the person who seems too good to be true.
0:39.2	It's a game as old as time.
0:41.2	Well, as old as 2012 when the app soft launched. But while you drink your wine and
0:46.1	swipe your fingers so much that your fingers hurt, the people on your screen might not be exactly
0:50.8	what they seem. Tinder is ripe with scams and scammers who are waiting for the unsuspecting
0:56.0	scroller to pounce.
0:57.8	Sometimes it's just bots.
0:59.7	They're so good that they can hold a conversation with you and make you feel like you've made a new best friend or a possible love interest.
1:06.0	But soon they're asking you to play games or suggesting a chat app to move the conversation to.
1:11.0	And sure that sounds fun and innocent, but it's not.
1:14.3	The link sends you to a place that will casually gather all of your most important data.
1:18.4	How fun, right?
1:20.1	Well, the list of scams definitely goes on, but the most famous wasn't done by any
1:24.1	bought at all. It was just a con artist. And this one was named Simon Lviv
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