What seemed unlikely happened: the ‘Tinder scammer’ is scammed

In an unexpected twist of fate, the Israeli simon leiev or Shimon Yehuda, better known as the “Tinder scammer”, has just revealed that he was cheated in a instagram scam.

Sources familiar with the situation told TMZ that Simon was cheated on at the end of February by a verified user on Instagram. She had assured him that she would help him and his current girlfriend, kate konlin, so that their profiles could be verified in the application, a strategy for people to know which accounts are authentic and notable. The stranger had told them that her boyfriend worked at Meta, the technology company of mark zuckerberg Instagram owner.

The suspected scammers did their best to convince them. Simon even made a video call with the boyfriend of the woman who had contacted him, who showed up in a busy office, pretending he was in Metawith employees walking behind him.

The false Meta executive told them that the only way i could give them the blue thumbs up (the verified account symbol) in your profile, as well as remove fake accounts with your name, it would be paying $6,664 In return. Payments were made through PayPal in two separate transactions, one for him and one for his girlfriend.

Shortly after, Simon’s rep found the deal suspicious and contacted a real team member in Meta, who told them they don’t charge for verifications. Before anyone could report the scammers, they completely removed themselves from the internet, including their Instagram accounts.

This isolated event is a slight irony for Simon, who is allegedly scammed countless women he met on Tinder, for more than 10 million dollars, eclipsing them once he got what he wanted. Since then, she has had “enemies” after him. She recently faces a criminal court complaint against her by the real Leviev familywith which he has no real relationship.

Currently, multiple accounts on Instagram are posing as the official profile of the alleged Israeli millionaire..