publication date: Friday, April 1, 2022 (part of Spring 2022)

category: Hoaxes

clue: He's inglorious and notorious for using an app to contact and distract his victims, and now Netflix metrics say his story's a hit.

explanation: Leviev is a scam artist and the subject of The Tinder Swindler. more…

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, and Chris Lemler


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