Shimon Hayut, better known as the Tinder Swindler, is the subject of a new Netflix documentary which exposes how he conned hundreds of thousands of pounds out of his victims using the fake name Simon Leviev
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Many of us would love to match with a handsome billionaire playboy on a dating app – but looks can be deceiving.
Simon Leviev, who called himself the ‘Prince of Diamonds’, seemed like the perfect man on the surface.
After meeting on dating apps, Leviev would lavish the women he was seeing with exotic trips on private jets, expensive gifts and posh dinners at the fanciest restaurants.
However, it was all a massive sham and not the fairytale romance that had been portrayed by the conman.
Known as the Tinder Swindler, his real name was actually Shimon Hayut, a 31-year-old Israeli fraudster who funded his lavish lifestyle of fast cars and luxury hotels.
Hayut claimed he was the son of billionaire Russian-Israeli diamond mogul, Lev Leviev, who had a net worth of $1.5billion and five kids – but none of them are called Simon.
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To make his lies seem more believable, Hayut even went as far as to legally change his name and hire staff such as assistants and a…
