It’s scammer season as soon as once more. And the scammer of the second, the Tinder Swindler, simply deleted his Instagram after sharing a response to the Netflix documentary about him.
The Tinder Swindler, who earned his nickname after reportedly utilizing courting apps to fulfill ladies whom he would later rip-off into sending him cash, is the topic of a brand new documentary movie—titled The Tinder Swindler—which was launched on Netflix final week. The doc claims that Simon Leviev, actual title Shimon Hayut, used the net courting app to fulfill ladies below false pretenses. He enticed these ladies into his extravagant life-style through the use of non-public jets and fancy resorts whereas pretending to be the son of the CEO of a diamond firm. Finally, the doc says, he manipulated these ladies into giving him giant quantities of cash by way of bank cards and loans. Hayut is estimated to have stolen $10 million from quite a lot of victims utilizing this rip-off.
The Tinder Swindler took off on Netflix as quickly because it dropped, on February 2. Now Hayut has hinted that we’ll get his perspective on the story, no matter that’s. Proper earlier than deleting his Instagram account, the Tinder Swindler posted that quickly he could be sharing his “facet of the story,” per Glamour U.Okay.
“I’ll share my facet of the story within the subsequent few days when I’ve sorted out the perfect and most respectful option to inform it, each to the concerned events and myself,” Hayut wrote. “Till then, please preserve an open thoughts and coronary heart.”
Hayut deleted the account shortly after sharing the submit.
The Tinder Swindler has proved to be a large hit for Netflix. Per Deadline, the movie, directed by Felicity Morris, turned the first-ever documentary to steer the streamer’s weekly movie chart, and obtained 45.8 million hours of views globally throughout the week of its launch. It additionally hit the highest 10 in 92 international locations.
Supply: Glamour