THE TINDER SWINDLER

NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

On dating app Tinder, ‘Simon Leviev’ seemed like a catch. Handsome, well dressed, the son of a billionaire, he had 100,000-plus Instagram followers and was in the diamond business. Plenty of women were tempted to swipe right. Sadly, one of the key points of this film is if someone seems too good to be true, they probably are. Leviev (above, inset) was a conman who would invite women to a swanky hotel for coffee on a first date before whisking them away on his private jet. Then, after a period of lovebombing, a security situation would mean he couldn’t access his fortune – could he borrow 10, 20, 30 grand? Just for a few days? Several of those women contribute to this film, all (such as Cecilie Fjellhoy, above) are still severely affected by their ordeal. But they decided they weren’t going to let him get away with it…