The online dating world is swimming with catfish. These days, anyone can make a dating app profile with very little verification checks to prove their identity.
In the Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler, a group of women attempt to track down a dating app user who tricked them out of millions of dollars. The Tinder Swindler Simon Leviev, whose real name is Shimon Heyada Hayut, convinced women on Tinder that he was a wealthy billionaire and lured his victims with lavish dates to gain their trust. That is, until he allegedly manipulated them into believing he is in danger, and requested thousands of dollars from the women he was dating.
