The men whose images were used in a Tinder scam to con women out of millions are a real estate agent from Dallas and an Irish senator.
And they had no idea how their photos were being used.
Millions of dollars have been conned in the Tinder swindler scam, including from two New Zealand women, Joanne* and Donna* who were both tricked into giving more than $500,000 each by men they met on Tinder in near-identical cons. Both women were sent numerous photos of the men.
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Joanne was conned by a man named Dale Plumides who sent a large number of photos of himself and his purported family along with a fake news video.
It can now be revealed the man in the photos is actually Mark Cain, a 54-year-old real estate agent in Dallas, primarily representing high-end luxury homes.
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Mark Cain unknowingly had his image used as part of an elaborate Tinder swindler scam. Cain sent this image to Stuff on Tuesday morning NZ time.
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The Tinder swindler used several photos of a man he said was “Dale Plumides”. It was actually Mark Cain on a private jet flying from Dallas to see an estate that was for sale.
Stuff called Cain early Tuesday morning and told…
