SWINDLER SWINDLED
I got revenge on Tinder Swindler Simon Leviev when I found out he was a conman – I sold his stolen clothes & kept cash
ONE of Tindler Swindler Simon Leviev's victims has been hailed a hero after she got her own back in an act of "badass" revenge.
turned the tables after realising her boyfriend of 14 months had been romancing and conning other women all over Europe.
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The bogus diamond merchant enjoyed a playboy lifestyle while swindling women he met on Tinder out of around £7.4million.
Three of his brave victims have shared their stories on the hit Netflix documentary the Tinder Swindler.
And viewers can't get enough of Ayleen, who told how she hit where it hurt.
She only learned he was a conman from a newspaper article after other victims reported him to police.
Ayleen realised she would never get back the huge sums he'd borrowed from her.
So she turned the tables and scammed him back.
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"Suddenly, I realised I was in a quite powerful position," she told the filmmakers.
Ayleen, who works in the fashion industry, played along as the loyal girlfriend and branded the women accusing him "b***hes".
The she suggested he let her sell his beloved designer clothes, shoes and sunglasses on eBay for a quick cash fix as the net closed in.
Ayleen made thousands from his Gucci and Versace gear - but didn't give him a penny.
She said: "Of course, it wasn’t in line with everything that I gave him, but it felt like a little bit of payback."
Afterwards brazen Leviev claimed in a message he was a "homeless king."
She laughed on the doc: "Cry me a river."
Ayleen also helped police track Leviev down in Greece, where he was arrested boarding a flight with a fake passport.
Viewers were thrilled by her "badass" revenge.
One said on Twitter: "Ayleen from the documentary Tinder Swindler is MY HERO. ALL those women are QUEENS."
Another said: "I wanna be bffs with Ayleen, swindled the tinder swindler."
Another said: “Ok so TheTinder Swindler is a great doc etc but I’m literally only here to talk about Ayleen. eBay those clothes gurl this is the divine feminine energy we love to see.”
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Victim blaming
Ayleen and two other victims, and , have launched a GoFundMe to claw back the £600,000 he stole from them.
They said they did it partly to stop fans of the show being scammed by people impersonating them online.
They wrote on the appeal: "You’re probably here because you’ve heard about our story, and we appreciate you taking the time to search and find this page.
“The past few days have been a whirlwind, and we three (Ayleen, Pernilla and Cecilie) have been completely shocked and floored by the flood of compassion and support from everyone.
";The sheer love is more than we ever expected, and we appreciate you all so much," it continued.
Cecilie said she ended up in a psychiatric ward after he conned her out of £185,000 in a matter of weeks.
Pernille, a business owner from Stockholm, lost an estimated £100,000 when he targeted her after a love split.
Meanwhile Leviev, 31, is a free man in his native Israel and still flaunting his stolen wealth on Instagram with pics in a private jet and driving a Lamborghini.
The convicted conman even posted a shameless defence on Instagram and attacked the women he scammed.
He said: “If I was a fraud why would I act on Netflix I mean they should have arrested me when we were still shooting.
“It’s high time the ladies start saying the truth. If you can’t give them the world they’ll turn yours to hell.”
He claimed he would share his side of the story soon, adding: "Until then, please keep an open mind and heart."
Leviev was extradited to Israel after his arrest in Greece and served just five months of a 15 month sentence for crimes committed a decade ago.
It emerged he also served two years for similar scams in Finland.
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He has so far not been charged over the events covered in the Netflix doc.
But he is wanted in several countries and Interpol are said to be ready to order his arrest if he ever steps outside Israel.
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