THE VICTIM
Who is Cecilie Fjellhøy?
SIMON Leviev became infamous after it was revealed he tricked women he met on Tinder into handing over their money.
One of the fraudster's victims was Cecilie Fjellhøy who features on Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler.
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Who is Cecilie Fjellhøy?
Born on February 10, 1989, Cecilie is a user experience designer from Norway.
She works as a senior UX designer for software development company Sopra Steria.
Cecile also founded and now runs the action:reaction foundation - an organisation which supports victims of fraud.
She participates in public speaking and as a victim of fraud, is a a spokesperson on fraud detection and prevention.
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Cecilie is fluent in Norwegian and English.
She is a regular user of social media and has 276,000 followers on her Instagram page.
She describes herself as a "fraud fighter, founder, public speaker & activist" in her bio and you can follow her on ."
In September 2022 she launched her own YouTube channel, and describes it as "my place, my vulnerability and my opportunity to speak my truth".
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What happened between Cecilie Fjellhøy and Simon Leviev?
Cecile first matched with Simon Leviev on Tinder in January 2018.
She had not long moved to London when she found herself going out with Leviev, who she thought was a globe-trotting millionaire businessman.
But despite hundreds of red roses and lots of supposed love and attention, Leviev scammed her out of £185,000 in the 13 weeks after their first date.
In 2018, she took her story to the Norwegian newspaper VG, and later shared it for Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler.
What has Cecilie Fjellhøy said on the Tinder Swindler?
Speaking in The Tinder Swindler, Cecile said about meeting Leviev: "I didn’t have a big friendship circle and he gave me the attention I needed."
Upon realising his scheme, she described feeling suicidal and almost crashed her car.
On the documentary she said she was single and still looking for love on the app.
Where is Cecilie Fjellhøy now?
Cecilie is now hoping to find real love, by appearing on Celebs Go Dating 2022.
Speaking to , she said: "I don't feel like a celeb, I don't want people to think that I look at myself as a celeb.
"But I really appreciate that my face is actually known around the world.
"And I'm blessed that I'm able to do Celebs Go Dating and show a different side to me."
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Surprisingly, Cecilie revealed she is even back on Tinder, she said: "I never looked at Tinder as the one to be blamed for what happened to me because I met him in real life.
"But I think I went a bit too quick back on the apps."
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