When Pernilla Sjöholm matched with Simon Leviev on Tinder, she thought she’d found a best friend. Cecilie Fjellhøy believed she’d finally found true love. Instead, both women were manipulated, betrayed, and defrauded out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by the infamous "Tinder Swindler." In this interview, Nicole Lapin sits down with Pernilla and Cecilie to unpack the emotional turmoil, financial destruction, and lasting trauma of falling victim to fraud.

For more on The Tinder Swindler, check our our episode: LUST: The Tinder Swindler on Apple or Spotify.

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