How did the Tinder Swindler scam people?
Hayut would carry out a carefully performed pattern of behaviour with multiple different women. After matching with them on the app, he would take them out on an unbelievably lavish date (one of which involved a private jet) in order to woo them. His accusers claim that he would then confide in them that he was worried about a group of ‘enemies’ which were supposedly after him. He would then send a photo of his bodyguard who appeared to be bleeding from injuries to cement his story.
After this, he would urgently message each woman to say that his credit card couldn’t be used for security reasons, and convinced them to take out a new card in his name. From there, it was game on for him, and game over for his victims.
According to The Times Of Israel, Hayut is estimated to have stolen around $10 million. He would evade repayment by threatening and evading his victims, and was known to send bizarre voice messages on WhatsApp.
Things eventually came crashing down when a publication named VG published an expose where they named Hayut, quickly alerting his victims to the scam. One of his long-term girlfriends Ayleen Koeleman found the piece, and decided to turn the tables on him. She convinced him to sell his designer clothes to make some extra money, and ended up keeping the cash herself as payback. She then discovered that Hayut was flying to Greece and handed his…
