The Tinder Swindler has become the most watched documentary on Netflix ever with over 166 million hours watched within the first month. This is no surprise considering the show felt more like fiction rather than reality. These kinds of stories were only heard about in con movies and it is quite unimaginable that someone actually pulled something like this off.
‘Simon Hayut’, one of his known identities, conned numerous women up to a total of $10 Million. The more you watch the documentary, the more shocking it gets. But out of all the crazy things that we saw, here is a list of 10 which stood above the rest.
10 The Prince Of Diamonds
To start off his cons on the numerous victims, one of Simon’s most common stories was that he was the ‘Prince of Diamonds’ because he was related to Lev Leviev, who happens to be the billionaire founder of LLD Diamonds, a diamond manufacturing company. This is how The Tinder Swindler started most of his cons.
But of course, it turns out that Simon had absolutely no connection with this company whatsoever and neither with the Leviev family. These resemble the lies on MTV’s Catfish but on steroids. It is really shocking how a person can conjure up a personality and convince others about its reality. The dazzling first impression on his victims through the expensive trips and dinners really swept them off their…
