Tinder Swindler brings romance scams back into the limelight
Netflix’s most recent must watch show, The Tinder Swindler, details the story of a man who managed to sustain a luxurious lifestyle using embezzled funds from multiple women he met on the popular dating app Tinder.Posing as the ‘prince of the diamond industry’, Simon Leviev, real name Shimon Hayut, matched
£92m lost to dating scams last year
The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) recently reported a staggering £92m was lost last year to online dating scams. Even more shockingly, it is likely that the true figure is much larger, with police fearing that many people are simply too ashamed to admit their error, instead choosing to keep
2020 sees a boom in online romance fraud
The UK's national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime says romance fraud has cost victims £63m in 2020. Action Fraud says they have had over 6,000 cases reported to them this year, up more than 800 on 2019. These often result from 'cat-fishing', where a scammer creates a fake profile
Woman takes son to court over ‘hidden assets’
The ex-wife of a Russian oligarch, who received a UK record divorce settlement, is taking her son to the High Court after claiming he is helping his father hide assets from her. Tatiana Akhmedova was awarded £453 million of Farkhad Akmedov's wealth by the High Court in London in 2016 but
Husband guilty of stalking after bugging wife’s TV
An IT expert has been found guilty of stalking his estranged wife after placing bugging devices behind her TV and in her car, a court has heard. South Tyneside Magistrates' Court was told Stephen Ewart moved out of the family home after wrongly believing his wife Deborah was having an affair
A cautionary catfish tale
Fraud can be emotional as well as financial - and sometimes even both at the same time, especially when a catfish is involved. Research into millions of online dating profiles showed that 10% of new profiles created were fake. So when you 'swipe right', how can you make sure the person is genuine? Romance
