How to avoid 'Tinder Swindlers': ‘Boy Meets World' star-turned-adult actress Maitland Ward on 'red flags'
foxnews.comNetflix’s viral true-crime documentary "The Tinder Swindler" had millions of viewers crying foul after it began streaming on the platform Feb.
2. The mind-bending story from director Felicity Morris, who also produced the Emmy-winning series, "Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer," chronicles the depths a Tinder user by the name of Shimon Hayut, now 31, would go to to charm women around the world into loaning him money – to the tune of an estimated $10 million.
Hayut posed as Simon Leviev and claimed to be the son of a diamond mogul on the popular dating app. It was only when a group of women banded together to expose Leviev that his scheme was foiled, and he was ultimately convicted of fraud, theft and forgery.
He was sentenced to 15 months in prison in December 2019, only to be released early after serving five months. Former "Boy Meets World" star Maitland Ward, who now makes a large part of her living as an adult actress while also disseminating content to paying fans online, told Fox News Digital that while she empathizes with the women who were bilked out of millions of dollars by the Tinder Swindler, she believes all the warning signs were apparent in their interactions with Leviev.
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