The Netflix documentary "Tinder Fraud King" climbed to No. 2 in the Hong Kong rankings, after the Korean drama "Zombie School".
"Tinder Fraud King" tells the story of a swindler Simon Leviev (formerly Shimon Hayut) pretending to be the son of Lev Leviev, the founder of an Israeli diamond company, to show off his wealth on the App Tinder to find prey, defrauding money and sex.
There are many Tinder users in Hong Kong, and some users have fallen into online romance scams by mistake. Last year, there were 4 Tinder scams in Kwai Tsing Police District alone. One man and three women were deceived with a total of about 700,000 yuan. The victims included The female doctor, and the female clerk who suffered the most was err more than 600,000 yuan.
The documentary has recently hit Netflix.
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It is understood that there were 4 online romance scams involving Tinder in Kwai Tsing Police District last year. The victims were in their early 30s to early 40s, including a male renovation worker who lost about 50,000 yuan, a female doctor and a female salesperson. Both lost about 10,000 yuan, and a female clerk lost more than 600,000 yuan.
Simon Leviev, formerly known as Shimon Hayut, posed as a second-generation diamond rich to find victims on Tinder.
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According to reports, the four scams are of similar techniques.
The victim met a netizen of the opposite sex who claimed to be from Europe and was doing business through Tinder. After talking very much, he turned to WhatsApp to get to know more deeply. Later, the scammer falsely claimed that the business was in difficulty and asked the victim for money. The victim made an online transfer or iTunes adds value, and after the victim has followed the instructions, the scammer will not know where to go.
Unlike "Tinder Fraud King", the victim and the scammer never meet in the process.
The four victims reported to the police after realizing they had been deceived. The case was followed up by the Kwai Tsing Police District. No arrests have been made so far.
In 2021, Kwai Tsing Police District received a total of 82 cases of online romance scams.
The victim who was brutally murdered by Simon Leviev in "Tinder Fraud King" teamed up to bring him to justice. Unfortunately, he was released early after serving 5 months in Israel. Although he was listed as a wanted criminal by many countries, he continued to live a luxurious life. Open a personal website to provide business consulting services for a fee.
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