The Tinder Swindler Reportedly Got Swindled Out Of More Than $6,000 By Scammers That Said They Could Get His Instagram Verified
TMZ- The tables have turned on 'Tinder Swindler' Simon Leviev … he was bamboozled himself in an Instagram scam. Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ … Simon was hit up last Thursday by a verified female on Instagram. She claimed she'd help Simon and GF Kate Konlin get verified on the app through her BF -- saying he worked at Meta, Mark Zuckerberg's tech company that owns IG.
The alleged swindlers went to great lengths to pull this off … Simon Facetimed the BF, who was in a busy office -- appearing like he was at Meta, with employees walking around behind him. The fake "Metamate" said the only way he could give him the blue check on his profile -- as well as delete the fake accounts under his name -- would be to offer up a big chunk of change … $6,664. The payments were sent via PayPal through 2 separate transactions -- one for him and one for his GF.
Shortly after, Simon's manager found the deal suspicious and reached out to an actual team member at Meta, who told them they don't charge for verifications. Before anyone could call out the swindlers, they completely scrubbed themselves from the Internet -- including removal of their IG accounts … letting the swindlers walk away with the cash.
Not so fun when the rabbit has the gun, huh Simon? If that is your real name, which I guess it technically wasn't until you legally changed it to that after you had been arrested for fraud.
Anyway, it's crazy to think that all it took was a super popular Netflix documentary for Simon Leviev to actually get a bunch of enemies in his life outside of the women he allegedly hoodwinked, bamboozled, led astray, run amok, and flat out DECEIVED. Yet Simon now has to keep his head on a swivel now that he has become the number 1 target for swindlers around the world. Taking down some random moron like me or you pays the bills. But putting Simon's head on a proverbial spike has to ring out in the thievery streets of the World Wide Web.
Which is why I have to tip my cap to the people that swindled Simon here. Throwing out the promise of a blue checkmark as scam bait to an internet clout addict along with his girlfriend for 6 grand is like telling fat ass to come upstairs for dinner. It's going to work every single time, even if there wasn't a busy office or people using terms like Metamate (puke) to describe their coworkers.
So a tip of the cap to the people that swindled the swindler as well as the likely millions of others that will be looking to do the same for the rest of Simon's life.
For more Tinder Swindler chatter, check out The Dog Walk where the fellas broke down the doc and this swindling mamaluke like only they can.