Ayleen Charlotte, bekend van The Tinder Swindler op Netflix, vertelt hoe ze slachtoffer werd van internationale oplichting – én hoe ze zich weer terugvocht.

• Haar keynote is méér dan een persoonlijk verhaal: het is een inspirerende oproep tot bewustwording, digitale weerbaarheid en concrete actie tegen fraude.
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“Bewustwording is de eerste verdedigingslinie tegen digitale oplichting.”
– Ayleen Charlotte

Engelse Bio Ayleen Charlotte
Defrauded of $150,000 and featured in Netflix’s most-watched documentary of all time, The Tinder Swindler, now a leading voice in the fight against fraud and a champion of resilience. Recognised as Scam Fighter Person of the year 2023. Ayleen Charlotte is a prominent figure known for her pivotal role in exposing Simon Leviev, the infamous “Tinder Swindler”.  She turned her experience of being defrauded into a mission to bring him to justice.

Ayleen’s story gained global attention through the Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler, where she revealed how Leviev used elaborate schemes to con women out of millions of dollars by pretending to be a wealthy diamond heir. Ayleen’s resilience stood out when she played an active part in his downfall. After realising she was one of his many victims, she collaborated with law enforcement and used her insider knowledge to help track him down. Ayleen’s actions not only contributed to his eventual arrest but also highlighted her strength and determination to prevent others from falling prey to similar scams. Today, Ayleen’s story serves as a powerful reminder of the importance of awareness and action against fraud. Her courage has inspired many and brought significant attention to the psychological and financial impacts of romance fraud.

Why Ayleen Charlotte want to share her story, and what she wants to achieve can be best described in these three purposes:

1. Breaking down the shame and taboo on Fraud.
2. Teaching government agencies, banks and companies to learn from her story and changing policies, systems and processes to detect and prevent fraud.
3. Inspire and motivate victims of fraud and to not take no for an answer.

After the documentary was released, Ayleen Charlotte received many messages from people all over the world, that she has given them confidence and strength to overcome and helped them with their own story. Either it was because they were in a toxic relationship or being a victim of any kind of fraud themselves. ‘If it helped that I stood up, that others can see that they are either on the way to being scammed, have been scammed or are in a destructive relationship, then it’s worth it’ Ayleen says.

Some statistics about victims of fraud
People worldwide lost over 55 billion in scams, the victims of fraud are not only women but men, women and companies from different layers of our society. Besides the money part, the social and emotional trauma cannot even be measured. As only 7% of all scams are reported, Ayleen Charlotte will fight to increase this number. Ayleen Charlotte cannot even speak about the people who have taken their lives over being a fraud victim. To include victims into the discussion when it comes to changing policies, systems, processes, laws and regulations will create a much bigger impact