The Tinder Swindler

Unrated

2/2/20221h 54m

Digital Release (US)

~ Modern love is a dangerous game. ~

Overview:

Posing as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul, an Israeli conman wooed women online then conned them out of millions of dollars. Now some victims plan for payback.

Director:

Felicity Morris

Status:

Released

Language:

English

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Key words:

fraud
dating
biting
con
meeting on the internet
social media
online dating
desperate
anxious
cautionary
conman
internet crime
absurd
audacious
baffled
bold
callous
demeaning
derogatory
mean spirited
romance scam

Cast

Shimon Yehuda Hayut

~ as ~

Self (archive footage)

Cecilie Fjellhøy

~ as ~

Self

Pernilla Sjöholm

~ as ~

Self

Ayleen Charlotte

~ as ~

Self

Kristoffer Kumar

~ as ~

Self

Erlend Ofte Arntsen

~ as ~

Self

Natalie Remøe Hansen

~ as ~

Self

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Reviews (2)

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rsanek
Written 3 year(s) ago
6
What a wild story. Whenever I see a film with this kind of subject matter, there's always a certain amount of lack of understanding about what kind of person could do such a thing. Kind of crazy that even after the women went to a competent "biggest in Norway" newspaper, the photographers had such bad ops abilities that our Swindler noticed them right away.
totallyfiend
Written 2 month(s) ago
9
I was one of those who wondered, how on earth do people still get scammed by these con artists of dating scene; but the insane lengths these criminals go through to get money completely caught me off-guard.

A detailed story told by a swindler's victims, and technically the criminal himself, with the absolutely harrowing voice messages he sent. Despite the length of nearly two hours, I was engaged and invested all the way. I felt the sadness, frustration and fear of these women. This documentary is doing a favor to everyone, who might benefit from knowing one of the patterns these scammers use, and everyone, who is unable to see this problem existing in the first place.

This is a really well put together documentary. One thing that had me suspicious about it was the title of it. I really didn't believe this was going to be good based on that alone, but I was happy to be proven wrong.

The ladies of this film have been able to pay off their debts with the help of a GoFundMe -campaign. The con artist has been arrested (at the time of this review).