About this episode

This episode explores romance fraud through the case study of The Tinder Swindler, discussing how to balance openness to love with wisdom.

If you’ve ever wondered how romance fraud actually happens, or felt afraid that being more discerning would make you cynical, this episode will help you understand how to stay open to love without abandoning wisdom. In this episode, Haelly uses The Tinder Swindler as a case study for romance fraud, rushed intimacy, false urgency, financial manipulation, and the danger of letting fantasy move faster than evidence. She breaks down how charm, luxury, vulnerability, and crisis can be used to crea...

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