Picture this: You’re swiping through Tinder one afternoon when you match with a man you’re instantly attracted to. After just one brief date, he tells you he thinks you have a special connection and he’d like you to accompany him on his private jet. Over the next few weeks, he lavishes you with gifts and expensive dinners, all the while declaring his love and affection for you.
If you’ve seen Netflix’s The Tinder Swindler, then you know how this story ends. You know that Shimon Hayut (aka Simon Leviev) used a dangerous manipulation tactic, known as love bombing, to win the trust and affections of at least three women before extorting them for hundreds and thousands of dollars.
