The women who appear in the gripping documentary The Tinder Scammer (The Tinder Swindlerin English) all recount having lived in a Hollywood romantic comedy, which starred a Prince Charming dressed as Fendi and owner of a fleet of luxury cars.
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First amorous date in a private jet, stay in five-star hotels and unlimited caviar, these brilliant young women lived Valentine’s Day every day with the handsome Simon Leviev, son of a wealthy Israeli diamond merchant, who they met on the app Tinder.
But after a few weeks of dreamy romance, the true stories of these women go from Fifty Shades of grey at Nights with my enemy. Simon Leviev, aka Shimon Hayut, aka David Sharon, manipulated and plucked them out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
This is vividly told by the documentary The Tinder Scammer, available in English and French on Netflix. Really, it hits. It’s the best of a compelling two-hour condensed “true crime” series.
Singles, take notes to avoid these heart scams. It’s super scary.
The film kicks off in classic fashion with the story of 29-year-old Norwegian Cecilie Fjellhoy, who reminisces about her early relationship with the enigmatic and seductive Simon Leviev. After a “match” on Tinder, they have a coffee at the Four Seasons in London and leave on a private jet for Bulgaria, no less. Cecilie, who lives in the British capital, falls in love with this smooth talker with a symmetrical face, who does business all over Europe and who dresses like a prince addicted to very showy brands.
After a few weeks of dating, slimy Simon is still using the same well-oiled ploy. Because in addition to Cecilie Fjellhoy in London, Simon courts Pernilla Sjöholm in Stockholm and Ayleen Charlotte in Prague.
So our dear Simon, who says he is in mortal danger, backed by bloody photos, asks his companions if he can temporarily use their credit cards. His have been blocked — for security reasons — and he needs a financial boost. He will repay, of course, but you have to act quickly before his enemies come after him!
Break here.
The victims of The Tinder Scammer are not credulous jugs. They do battle with a real pro, a career criminal who has extorted more than 10 million from dozens of other preys all over the world.
Its modus operandi is similar to a Ponzi scheme, where the money of a first woman is used to seduce a second and so on.
The happiest in The Tinder Scammerit is when the victims of Simon Leviev decide to take revenge by involving in particular the investigation unit of the daily GV established in Oslo. The film then takes a turn worthy of a detective thriller and takes us from London, Mykonos, Barcelona, Munich and Rome.
The end of the documentary will snatch some coronations from you. Yes, some justice will be served, but the people who are still paying the price for this romantic-financial fiasco are the wrong ones, lord.
Big rookie mistake
The control tower calls on the managers of social networks to Star Academy, it’s pressing. On Sunday evening, it took 22 minutes — that’s a long, long time — for the administrators of the show’s Facebook page to correct a rookie mistake, which enraged fans of singer Yannick Bissonnette-Powell.
At the opening of the vote after the performances of the three competitors in danger, Yannick’s photo was associated with the number of his rival/friend Jérémy Plante. Result ? Supporters of Yannick thus contributed to Jérémy’s victory without knowing it or wanting it. And vice versa. It’s really annoying, we agree.
The erroneous Facebook post remained online for 22 minutes out of the 61 during the voting period. On TV, Instagram and Twitter, the info was all correct.
It’s very junior as a mistake. This is the kind of detail that needs to be triple checked to avoid this kind of unnecessary controversy. Especially when people are paying out of pocket to propel their favorite into the next round.
But is it such a terrible scandal? No. The teachers could have recovered from this blunder by drafting Yannick at the end of the gala. They preferred Mathieu Rheault to him. Like what, the shy Yannick was not so unanimous.
If the news shown on TV had been incorrect, we would surely sing a more aggressive song (think Courtney Love). About 1,174,000 couch potatoes would then have been exposed to this blunder, which could have distorted the popular vote. The Facebook page of Star Academy is only followed by 84,000 people.
The production apologized on Monday and assured that the error had no impact on the final result: Jérémy Plante, who was ahead all evening, does indeed represent the public’s choice.
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