The true crime doc will make you question who you're really talking to online... 🤳
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Netflix’s new catfishing doc The Tinder Swindler is the true-life story of a handsome billionaire, Simon Leviev, who turns out not to be a billionaire after all, but an Israeli fraudster called Shimon Hayut. He's also the cause of suffering for the women who fall in love with him
Leviev/Hayut’s Tinder profile spoke of global jet-setting, designer labels, fast cars, and a watch collection to make Jay-Z jealous. But he also seemed to be a soft-hearted romantic who wanted to settle down and, presumably, fit a baby seat into one of those Lamborghinis
With the help and testimony of three of his marks, director Felicity Morris exposes his real scheme, dragging this fraudster out of the shadows and into a billion living rooms. Her film shows a catfisher’s tricks in all their gory detail.
Here’s why you need to watch it 👇
Here’s why you need to watch it 👇
🔴It shows the sophistication of catfishers
It'll act as a reminder not to trust your Google background research or your eyes: Leviev’s bona fides seem to check out and his lifestyle appears to conform with his profile. The subterfuge of the digital realm spills into the IRL one
It'll act as a reminder not to trust your Google background research or your eyes: Leviev’s bona fides seem to check out and his lifestyle appears to conform with his profile. The subterfuge of the digital realm spills into the IRL one
🔴The fraudster’s marks are heroes, not victims
Cecilie Fjellhoy, a Norwegian ex-pat living in London; 31-year-old Pernilla Sjoholm; and Ayleen Charlotte all fall under the spell of the catfisher, before fighting back in inspiring fashion. All three are epic cyber-heroes
Cecilie Fjellhoy, a Norwegian ex-pat living in London; 31-year-old Pernilla Sjoholm; and Ayleen Charlotte all fall under the spell of the catfisher, before fighting back in inspiring fashion. All three are epic cyber-heroes
🔴The fraudster is a one-man Fyre festival
Over-promising and under-delivering on a Fyre-like scale, a relationship with this film’s unscrupulous fraudster is not what it says on the tin. You’ll kinda hate his designer clothes too
Over-promising and under-delivering on a Fyre-like scale, a relationship with this film’s unscrupulous fraudster is not what it says on the tin. You’ll kinda hate his designer clothes too
🔴It’s true-crime, but…
This tale of fraud, blackmail and deceit should fit snugly into the true-crime canon, but many of these things aren’t considered criminal in multiple countries. The film lays bare how hopelessly analogue modern policing is in the face of digital fraud
This tale of fraud, blackmail and deceit should fit snugly into the true-crime canon, but many of these things aren’t considered criminal in multiple countries. The film lays bare how hopelessly analogue modern policing is in the face of digital fraud
🔴It’s a terrific procedural
The real moral of the film may be that if the law doesn’t catch up with you, a team of intrepid journalists/podcasters/filmmakers almost certainly will – as the doc charts when an Oslo newspaper stumbles on the story
The real moral of the film may be that if the law doesn’t catch up with you, a team of intrepid journalists/podcasters/filmmakers almost certainly will – as the doc charts when an Oslo newspaper stumbles on the story
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