Georgia has reported on the detention of a "Tinder scam artist" at Batumi airport

The "conman from Tinder", about whom the Netflix streaming platform made a documentary, was detained at the airport in Georgian Batumi. This was announced on September 15 by Rustavi 2 TV channel.

"The hero of the Netflix documentary series Tinder Swindler ("The conman from Tinder") and the famous fraudster Simon Levaev (real name — Shimon Yehuda Hayut — Ed.) was detained at the airport of Batumi," the article says.

It is noted that the detainee was on the international wanted list of Interpol under the "red circular" (international alert for police). The information about Levayev's detention was confirmed by the Georgian Interior Ministry, the TV channel added.

Rustavi 2 clarifies that Simon Levaev is an Israeli citizen. He is accused of a number of fraudulent crimes. The man communicated with women through the dating app Tinder, entered into a trusting relationship, presented himself as the heir to diamond magnate Lev Levaev, and then extorted money through various schemes.

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On September 1, the UBK of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that hacking accounts in messengers and social networks remains a popular method of fraud, when attackers gain access to user pages and use them to send messages for the purpose of deception. The agency noted that signs of account hacking include "strange" requests, such as "urgently transfer money" or "help me out, I'm in trouble," as well as an unusual communication style for the interlocutor.

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