The Tinder Swindler

  • 12 Feb - 18 Feb, 2022
  • Mag The Weekly
  • TV TIME

Tinder is dark and full of terrors. From unsolicited pics to outrageous bios, there is no shortage of insanity on the famous dating app. In The Tinder Swindler, now streaming on Netflix, a handful of women end up in the worst case scenario: falling for a man they met on the app only to discover he’s a professional con artist. If you’re dating in today’s world, Tinder is almost unavoidable. You can find a little of everything on the app, according to Cecilie Fjellhoy, a young woman from Norway who considers herself a bit of a Tinder expert. She’s a hopeless romantic and admits she was on the app looking for long term love, and designed her profile accordingly. Cecilie felt like she hit the jackpot when she matched with Simon, a billionaire’s son who lived his life in private jets and attending amazing parties all over the world. Cecilie and Simon enter a bit of a whirlwind romance; they talk nonstop, he sends her extravagant bouquets, and soon asks her to be his girlfriend. It’s all sunshine and rainbows until Simon sends her a video of his bodyguard beaten and tells her that because of security issues in the industry he’s not able to use his credit cards. And so began Cecilie’s descent into debt in the hopes of keeping Simon safe; she had taken out $250,000 in loans from nine different creditors. Unbeknownst to her, Simon was spending all this money on maintaining a lavish lifestyle with other women.

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