Anna Delvy has been compared to a modern day Robin Hood taking from the rich and tipping workers with a hundred dollar bills. This Netflix series in particular really does seem to glamorize her story and want the audience to root for Anna rather than the people she's conning. It's not new that someone gets tricked and taken for a wild ride but I think each time it happens people sort of marvel at the side of hand, says Guilf-de.
Anna Delvey and Simon Leviev, now infamously known as The Fake Heiress and The Tinder Swindler, are two characters who have infiltrated pop culture and gripped Netflix viewers over recent months. Their joint claim to fame? They're both notorious con artists. So why are viewers and listeners so drawn to these stories of true crime? Writer and author Rachel Williams and journalist Erlend Ofte Arntsen were closely involved in the real-life stories that shaped Netflix's The Tinder Swindler and Inventing Anna. They join journalist and broadcaster Manveen Rana to help provide some answers.
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