Netflix has released a six-part documentary series, Love Con Revenge, that follows Cecilie Fjellhøy — one of the central figures in the 2022 hit The Tinder Swindler — as she teams with a private investigator to expose and assist victims of romance fraud.
The series, which premiered on Friday, chronicles Fjellhøy’s efforts to track down perpetrators and help people who contacted her after she publicly shared her own account of being defrauded of £188,000. James O’Reilly, the show’s creative director, said the attention the project brings to the “emotional and financial toll” of romance fraud was “jaw-dropping,” and called the phenomenon “a truly modern crime that is exploding in the United States and around the world.”
Viewers reacted quickly on social media after the series became available. Posts on Reddit and other platforms described the show as compelling, with comments including, “Just finished this show, love it!” and “Some of the stories are shocking and I feel so sorry for the victims.” Other viewers praised Fjellhøy for turning her experience into an effort to help others, calling the project a “wild full-circle move.”
Not all reactions were uniformly positive. Some users on X and elsewhere questioned the program’s tone and presentation, expressing that certain scenes appeared rehearsed. One viewer wrote that parts of Love Con Revenge “sound like they are reading directly from a script.” Netflix and the series’ producers have not publicly responded to those specific claims.
Fjellhøy said she was motivated to pursue the project after receiving outreach from people around the world who said they had been targeted by criminals who hide behind romance. “I never imagined my personal story would resonate the way it has,” she said in a statement tied to the series’ release. “Love Con Revenge is a way for me to use what I’ve learned to help others heal, reclaim their voices, their power and their lives.”
The series returns attention to the broader problem of romance scams, in which fraudsters exploit online dating and social platforms to cultivate trust and then manipulate victims into sending money. In recent years, researchers and law-enforcement agencies have documented an uptick in reports of romance fraud, and some advocacy groups say victims frequently suffer long-term emotional and financial harm and face barriers to recovery.
Love Con Revenge aims to both tell individual stories and to highlight practical red flags for people navigating modern dating apps and social networks. It follows investigative work by Fjellhøy and her partner in the series as they attempt to gather evidence and confront alleged perpetrators, and it frames those encounters within a wider discussion of how the scams operate and why they often go unpunished.
The Tinder Swindler, the earlier Netflix documentary that brought Fjellhøy’s story to international attention, examined how a man using the name Simon Leviev persuaded multiple women to lend or give him large sums of money. That film prompted public debate about online dating safety and led to renewed calls for tougher measures against romance fraud.
Love Con Revenge is available to stream on Netflix. The series’ release continues a trend of streaming platforms commissioning true-crime programs that combine personal testimony with journalistic investigation, and it adds to the conversation about the risks associated with digital romance and fraud.