Joanne, lost $NZ540,000 ($500,000) to scammers going by the name of Dale Plumides, whom she met on Tinder. The Tinder swindlers used several photos of this man, who they said was Dale Plumides. The conversations started on Tinder, before Plumides told her he did not like typing on his phone, and asked if they could switch to email. However, after he sent her his bio (which was the same sent to the other women), she became more suspicious. Joanne said she felt sick when she heard about the other women who were targeted.

Source: Stuff April 26, 2022 02:26 UTC