From ‘Tinder Swindler’ To Elon Musk, A Brief History Of Billionaire Impersonation Scams by John__Hyatt
, also lost $2.25 million. “Mr. Cofield has figured out a way to access accounts belonging to high net worth individuals, frankly billionaires, located across the country,” said Scott McAfee, a federal prosecutor, at a December 2020 bond hearing.What is clear: Fraudsters can make a lot of money by play-acting as billionaires.
Simon Leviev, the “Tinder Swindler” whose story was told on Netflix, conned numerous women out of an estimated $10 million by pretending to be the son ofestimated at $1 billion in 2018. Anna Sorokin, another scammer turned Netflix series subject, stole $275,000 by pretending to be Anna Delvey, a fictitious German heiress.
Of course, not all billionaire impersonators are brought to justice; few know that better than Richard Branson, the British billionaire behind space company Virgin Galactic. Branson’s name and likeness have been employed in fraudulent schemes on several occasions. In 2017, a scammer impersonating Bransonfrom a U.S. businessman who thought he was providing an emergency loan for disaster relief after Hurricane Irma struck the British Virgin Islands. .
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