Bangkok: Article translated and edited by: Adisorn Suksomatthu
Reviewed and proofread by: Khomsthanon Sukajjasakul
Each year the number of people affected and the amount of money lost to romance scams increases. Many sectors have launched campaigns to warn people against falling prey to scammers who want to take advantage of people seeking relationships from online dating websites and applications.
Film producers and foreign news agencies Take the story of the Romance Scammer and tell it in the form of a documentary film. To expose deceptive techniques that have ruined countless lives.
The Tinder Swindler, heir to a deceitful businessman
The Tinder Swindler is a 2022 Netflix documentary that tells the story of three European women who fell victim to a scam by Simon Levi, who claimed to be the heir to a diamond business in Israel.
The stories of the three female victims are like mirrors that reflect each other’s fates. As they had all been pampered like princesses since the first time they met Simon. inc
luding taking them to luxurious dinners and traveling on private jets
But soon the three received the same request for help from Simon. who claims that he is being harmed by a rival and urgently needs money. Promising to return an amount greater than what he had borrowed.
But it turned out that The money they transferred It was actually used to satiate Simon’s other victims.
Therefore it is equal to All the indulgences they had received from Simon. It was the victim’s money that Simon had embezzled earlier.
Source: Thai News Agency