{"id":1355164,"date":"2022-03-02T09:28:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T14:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1355164"},"modified":"2022-03-02T14:37:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T19:37:56","slug":"tinder-swindler-simon-leviev-just-got-tricked-out-of-thousands-via-instagram-scammer-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tinder-swindler-simon-leviev-just-got-tricked-out-of-thousands-via-instagram-scammer-report\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Tinder Swindler\u2019 Simon Leviev Just Got Tricked Out Of Thousands Via Instagram Scammer: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftinder-swindler-simon-leviev-just-got-tricked-out-of-thousands-via-instagram-scammer-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1355164&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Instagram-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Not too many people are losing sleep over the fact that Simon Leviev, better known as \u201cThe Tinder Swindler,\u201d allegedly got a taste of his own medicine. The 31-year-old Israeli citizen reportedly got scammed for a few thousand dollars by an enterprising Instagram user.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sources told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/03\/02\/tinder-swindler-simon-leviev-swindled-paypal-netflix-documentary\/\"><span>TMZ<\/span><\/a><span> that Leviev, who was born Shimon Hayut, got taken by a pair of scammers pretending to work for Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s tech company Meta, which owns Instagram. A verified account user claimed she\u2019d be able to assist Leviev and his girlfriend Kate Konlin get verified accounts of their own through her boyfriend, who worked at Meta.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Leviev even allegedly did video calls with the boyfriend who pulled it off to look like he was working in Meta offices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The scammer and fake Meta employee claimed he could only award Leviev the coveted blue check and delete all the fake accounts pretending to be him if Leviev sent him $6,664. According to TMZ, Leviev sent payments through two separate PayPal transactions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Soon after, Leviev\u2019s manager started questioning the story and checking into the alleged Meta employee. That\u2019s when the social media scammers disappeared and deleted their accounts completely. Meta confirmed that they don\u2019t charge money for verifying accounts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The reason most followers feel less than sympathetic for Leviev is because of all the people he\u2019s conned out of money in the past.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Netflix\u2019s \u201cThe Tinder Swindler\u201d takes a closer look at two of the victims Leviev cheated before he was convicted and sentenced to 15 months in prison in Israel for fraud and forgery in 2019. Court documents said he \u201cdefrauded, cheated, conned, falsified, and hurt women, men and businesses\u201d in multiple cities and countries. The conman was released after just 5 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Leviev allegedly cheated multiple Tinder users out of an estimated $10 million by establishing an elaborate Ponzi scheme. The 31-year-old would woo unsuspecting women with lavish private jets, vacations, dinner, and jewelry, but would be using stolen funds to finance the luxury items. After earning their trust, Leviev would pretend to be in danger from his \u201cenemies\u201d and would convince the women to take out massive loans on his behalf to help him. Then he\u2019d use that money to attract the next victim.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Netflix series explained exactly how Leviev orchestrated his cons, which included tricking women into believing he was the son of Israeli Russian diamond tycoon Lev Leviev, People <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/crime\/tinder-swindler-simon-leviev-is-sued-by-the-real-diamond-dynasty-whose-name-he-took\/\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>. However, the real Leviev family is now suing the \u201cTinder Swindler\u201d for falsely representing them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The lawsuit was filed in Tel Aviv and states that \u201cfor a long time, he [Simon Leviev] has been making false representations as being the son of Lev Leviev and receiving numerous benefits (including material ones).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lev Leviev\u2019s lawyer promised this is only the first of many lawsuits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis legal action is only the beginning of a number of lawsuits that my firm is currently working on,\u201d he wrote. \u201cIn the next faze we will file a monetary suit against Hayut and any other affiliate that will work with him, including some websites that have Joint ventures with Hayut and\/or have offered to buy cameos from him. Anyone that will try to capitalize from this scheme will be sued.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire\u2019s first original film, Shut In, has made its cinematic debut, being met with rave reviews. The Daily Wire is building an alternative to the leftist entertainment industry, one gripping movie at a time. Join us in this mission and stream Shut In today by becoming a Daily Wire<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"> <i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not too many people are losing sleep over the fact that Simon Leviev, better known as \u201cThe Tinder Swindler,\u201d allegedly got a taste of his own medicine. 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