The Times Magazine - UK (2022-01-22)

(Antfer) #1

I WAS


IN LOVE


WITH THE


TINDER


SWINDLER


Simon Leviev claimed to be the wealthy,


jet-setting boss of a diamond firm; in


reality, he was a serial catfisher, his lavish


lifestyle funded by the women he met


on dating apps and then defrauded.


Polly Vernon talks to two victims to find


out how he ensnared them – and how,


eventually, they fought back

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