A woman who fell victim to a £150,000 romance fraud has urged others conned by scammers to “find the inner strength” to recoup their lost money. Hit Netflix show ‘The Tinder Swindler’ has put the cruel form of emotional deception firmly in the public spotlight.
It tells the story of how conman Simon Leviev used the popular dating app to manipulate victims into funding his lavish lifestyle. Now a British woman has detailed her own devastating romance fraud experience that saw her send hundreds of thousands of pounds to a man she never met.
Carol (not her real name) was preyed upon by the scammer when she was at her lowest ebb. But despite being fobbed off by her bank after realising she’d been hoodwinked, she finally managed to recoup her money with the help of lawyers, CEL Solicitors.
