If You Liked The Tinder Swindler, You’ll Like These Podcasts.

The Tinder Swindler; the new Netflix documentary tells the story of a notorious conman who allegedly used the Tinder dating app to live a life of luxury while defrauding women across Europe.

Who is the Tinder Swindler?

This so-called Tinder Swindler is Shimon Hayut, a convicted fraudster born in Israel. Hayut used dating apps to meet multiple women. Then established lines of credit and loans in their names, ultimately leaving them holding the bills.

Simon Hayut, who called himself the “Prince of Diamonds,” asked the women to take out American Express credit cards and hounded them to increase their spending limits and loan him cash that he never repaid.

The Tinder Swindler- Simon Hayut, would evade repayment by cajoling, threatening and otherwise stalling his victims: He made a habit of sending increasingly unhinged WhatsApp voice messages, even sending one to the filmmakers when he learned about The Tinder Swindler’s existence.

 He was arrested in 2019 and sentenced to 15 months in prison for fraud in Israel soon after. 

Hayut was released from prison after only five months. At the end of the documentary, we see Hayut continuing the same lavish lifestyle he led before prison, along with a new girlfriend. Although that’s never seemed to stop him from swiping right before.

If you liked it you’ll like these podcasts.

1. Sweet Bobby

Captivating listeners everywhere, Tortoise Media-produced podcast Sweet Bobby unravels the captivating and sometimes wild story of Kirat Assi’s decade-long experience of being catfished by Sweet Bobby.

Kirat is a successful radio presenter. On Facebook, she meets Bobby, a handsome cardiologist. He’s a catch. Eventually, they get tangled up in a love affair full of lies and manipulation. Then.. Kirat discovers a deception of almost unimaginable proportions.

From the makers of Finding Q, this is Sweet Bobby. A live investigation, in six parts, in search of one of the world’s most sophisticated catfishers. 

2. Queen Of The Con

Mair Smyth came into the life of reality TV producer Johnathan Walton as an angel. Promising salvation and friendship in a time of need. And not just an everyday angel, a glamorous one. One with a storied family in Ireland who is fighting her over a whopping $25 million inheritance.

One day, after trying to help Mair out of a legal “snafu,” Johnathan accidentally learns the truth about the woman who has become his best friend. She’s actually an international con artist who has scammed him and a slew of other victims out of hundreds of thousands of dollars; From Los Angeles to Belfast. As Johnathan uncovers con after con—involving BDSM sex rings, witchcraft, a phony cancer diagnosis; and the scamming of a Los Angeles politician—he and other victims band together to bring Mair Smyth to justice. However, can they stop her? Or will she go free in a world where her next mark is just a friendly smile away?

3. Fake Heiress

If you’ve heard about Anna Sorokin the Netflix sensation on Inventing Anna, THis is a podcast for you. It is about the rise and fall of Anna Delvey, who conned New York high society into believing that she was a multi-millionaire heiress.

The story of Anna Delvey – the apparent millionaire heiress who grifted her way through New York’s upper echelons – is the perfect tale for our scam-heavy times, with HBO and Netflix already developed tales based on her deception.

Here, journalist Vicky Baker and playwright Chloe Moss collaborate on an arch yet informative podcast that mixes reporting about the millennial fraudster with a dramatisation of her swindle. 

4. The Shrink Next Door

“The Shrink Next Door” is a story about power, control and turning to the wrong person for help for three decades. Veteran journalist Joe Nocera’s neighbour in the Hamptons was a therapist named Ike. Ike counted celebrities and Manhattan elites as his patients. He’d host star-studded parties at his eccentric vacation house. Nevertheless, one summer, Joe discovered that Ike was gone and everything he’d thought he’d known about his neighbour — and the house next door — was wrong.

This 8 episode series podcast tells the story of Isaac Herschkopf; a psychiatrist who abused his relationship with his patients to exploit them for personal gain.