FabSwingers.com forum: THE TINDER SWINDLER

By *isstonguetasticjo OP Woman
over a year ago

widnes

Anybody watched it yet

Wonder if there are any fabswinger swindlers on here then.

How many liars are there on here?

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

The tinder swindler isn't the only con man out there. Richard Dexter was jailed for 4 and a half years last week for scamming a woman out of £140k on there.

Romance fraud is a huge issue and is under reported and under prosecuted. I'm not sure any site is free of it.

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By *innamon!Woman
over a year ago

no matter

I have and I also just watched Anna Sorokin fake heiress and it’s amazing how people fall for it . With hind sight you see it but I guess whilst love is involved the heart takes over . Sad for the girls don’t understand why he doesn’t have to pay it back

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By *iger4uWoman
over a year ago

In my happy place

"I have and I also just watched Anna Sorokin fake heiress and it’s amazing how people fall for it . With hind sight you see it but I guess whilst love is involved the heart takes over . Sad for the girls don’t understand why he doesn’t have to pay it back "

Every transaction for the loans were in the womens names.

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By *isstonguetasticjo OP Woman
over a year ago

widnes

I'm just watching it now

So un really

How cud she not see wat he was putting her through

I'll have to watch thrm after

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Coercion of any kind is difficult to recognise when you are the intended target and "groomed" - yes groomed.

Always easy to see in hindsight...

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By *annaBeStrongMan
over a year ago

wokingham

A fool and their money are easily parted

Me if a tinder match says they need 25k because their enemies are after then

“Shit that’s crazy, good luck on that”

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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago

Liverpool

"A fool and their money are easily parted

Me if a tinder match says they need 25k because their enemies are after then

“Shit that’s crazy, good luck on that” "

To be fair it had gone much more beyond just a tinder match, they had been dating and were a couple, so to speak. I'm unsure of the exact time between events though.

The other considered him as a fairly good friend. Everything up until that point had "proven" to them that he would be good to pay that money back.

I'd certainly be suspicious, regardless but it's certainly not a case of somebody they just met.

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By *issmorganWoman
over a year ago

Calderdale innit

I think the way he said he was getting attacked and threatened obviously worked well on the women.

It's all shame on him for doing it though and not really getting much of a punishment.

Hopefully it will be a warning to other women now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What’s it showing on?

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"What’s it showing on? "

Netflix.

And I believe that the duration from the Norwegian lady meeting him to the first request for money was only a few weeks. I would doubt most people would consider themselves a solid couple after three months, but a quote on the scam "Leviev scammed her out of £185,000 in the 13 weeks after their first date".

Despite all of the above, clearly it is he in the wrong and he should be receiving far greater punishment than he's received. He should also be reimbursing the victims.

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By *2coupleCouple
over a year ago

Broadstairs

Yeah we watched it.... The woman was all gold digger and got played at there own game x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I need to watch the Anna Sorokin one!!! X I watched the tinder swindler the other night, O M G.

How he created that, insane. Having said that, all the loans he was asking these women, like loan after loan after loan. Insane

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By *etMeBeYourFantasyyMan
over a year ago

bournemouth

In all fairness if you fall for something like that you need to give your head a wobble, dont send money to strangers

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By *etMeBeYourFantasyyMan
over a year ago

bournemouth

Natural selection at that point

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By *cunnylassCouple
over a year ago

Exeter

We watched it and found it entertaining.How many liars are there on here?Well,the world is full of liars so I guess there must be plenty!

Mike

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I watched this a few days ago. The amount of money he scammed women out of is mind blowing. I can’t believe he basically got away with it. The sentence he did in jail was minimal. They reckon he totalled upto 10million dollars but cos of the way he done it he couldn’t be charged for the fraud. I love how the last woman got her revenge though lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I watched Tinder Swindler and just thought wow, how could they not see it coming!

The Puppet Master was even more mind boggling!! That was coercion and control to the highest levels

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By *ary OustMan
over a year ago

Chester le street

I have paid out almost £40k to someone I truly thought loved me but now realise what a mug I have been

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I watched Tinder Swindler and just thought wow, how could they not see it coming!

The Puppet Master was even more mind boggling!! That was coercion and control to the highest levels"

The fact that he’d send them constant messages about money and asking for help etc

He was very forceful as well

That’d have been a massive alarm ring … also, sorry but you are stressing the fuck out of me *blocks*

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By *rwhowhatwherewhyMan
over a year ago

Aylesbury

I started watching it but switched it off after about 5 minutes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I watched it and what is mind blowing is that he has a gf and still seems to have that same lifestyle.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I watched Tinder Swindler and just thought wow, how could they not see it coming!

The Puppet Master was even more mind boggling!! That was coercion and control to the highest levels

The fact that he’d send them constant messages about money and asking for help etc

He was very forceful as well

That’d have been a massive alarm ring … also, sorry but you are stressing the fuck out of me *blocks*

Yes! He was very persuasive....

In Puppet Master he coerced students into going 'on the run' with him to get away from terrorists...They believed him! One woman was gone for 10 years. How does someone get drawn into that? Does he prey on certain personality types? It's mind-blowing

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes I watched it, amazed at how many he swindled and for how long. He's still living the life of riley

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By *illingToHelpMan
over a year ago

Oldham or South Shore

I think the thing that made those women continue to fund him was the lavish lifestyle he showed them before he started asking for money. If someone is living a multi-millionaire lifestyle, £40k is pocket change for them, so why would you not think that they’re good for it? Plus, he totally bided his time with them and emotionally manipulated them into a false sense of security. That’s a different level of evil.

I like to think that I would have noticed the alarm bells. Especially at the point where I realised that I see their voice and text messages more than I see them. But who knows? Emotional manipulation is an incredibly powerful thing.

I was conned out of a £7k loan, a brand new £16,500 car, and other sundry items, by an ex when I was in my early 20’s. Easily between £25k and £30k worth of credit at a time when I was earning very little money. The same circumstances as The Tinder Swindler - he made it look like he was well off and could pay the money back without a problem. I later found out that the hundreds of thousands of pounds he used to start his business and buy property with was also raised fraudulently. I only just finished off paying for my con two years ago.

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By *toC Thats MeWoman
over a year ago

Sheffield

Just finished watching it. He’s never been charged with frauding those women

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By *agerMorganMan
over a year ago

Canvey Island

Have finished watching it, but wow, the social engineering that went into it is insane! No wonder they fell for it.

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By *obajxMan
over a year ago

Cheshire

Around ten years ago, a married work colleague, who was earning not an insignificant amount of money, started an affair with an Eastern european lady

He bragged about how great she was, the money she had and land she owned, then one day she told him she was pregnant. He asked how would be best to proceed, as he couldn't/didn't want to lose half or more of his property and pension to his long suffering wife.

He was thinking termination of the pregnancy, but she said "give me sixty thousand and I'll go away"

So he paid her without ever seeing proof and has not heard from her since

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Anybody watched it yet

Wonder if there are any fabswinger swindlers on here then.

How many liars are there on here?"

We watched it a few days ago. Was a decent watch.

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By *hellebelleWoman
over a year ago

ashford

A few years ago a female friend of mine on here didn’t get swindled but she did have her purse stollen whilst on a social.

Met this guy in pub, had a pretty good social meet, they agreed to meet again… she offered him a lift home as he said he walked… and whilst doing that.. she said he was bending down and said he was doing up his shoe laces.

On the way to where he said he lived, he said if she could just drop him at the corner shop so he could get bits.. she did… he went in… or what she presumed he did.. and she waited.. and waited.. luckily her phone was on charge in the holder so tried to call him to say did he need her to wait… and his phone was off.. that’s when she realized her handbag.. what she placed on the footwell was open in disarray.. and her purse gone.

She did manage to call her bank and block her cards… but got away with everything else including her driving license with her address on.

I managed to get her to report it.. because she was too wary too because of her work as a civil servant and too ashamed… but the police said she was very brave because this happens far too often and people dont report this enough for those reasons.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

These lasses handing over 10k etc... I get even get a bunch of flowers!!!!

On a serious note these lasses seemed so nice and clued up can't get over how he won them over

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Carlos is shocked at how niave these girls were.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I watched Inventing Anna yesterday and couldn't get over how so many people fell for her lies. She was nothing but a con woman. The actress playing her, Julia Garner from Ozark was absolutely fantastic x

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By *entleman JayMan
over a year ago

Wakefield

Heads turned for a trip on a private jet and the lure of pics to show off on Instagram.

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By *ld StrumpetWoman
over a year ago

Telford

It is pretty horrific how far these people

Go to make sure they are convincing truly a well thought out long game. But I can’t help think when these ladies clapped site of the guys lifestyle Portrayed on media when they admitted checking him out did they see pound signs themselves and a lavish lifestyle.

If I was on a regular dating site like tinder and a

So called Millionaire hit on me making these claims I’d swerve it thinking surely

If you are would you not be on a site perhaps that catered for People Like you so you didn’t get gold Diggers ?

I’m by no means saying these women are stupid or deserve this but I can’t help think if

You wasn’t blinded by the cash you MAY not have got stung.

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

Dealt with a lot of victims of fraud in a previous job. From Doctors and Lawyers to Checkout staff.

The thing about fraudsters is they’re not stupid and I’ve spoken to a few. Even when I know they’ve swindled people out of money and I often have the proof in front of me, they’re very convincing with their pleas of innocence. So I can well understand how anyone can be fooled by these con men or women.

I never blame the victims of fraud it’s like being punched out of the blue in the street. You’re not expecting it, think that it’ll never happen to you and the pain is shock as much as the blow hurts. You’ll struggle afterwards to trust anyone, even those who are trying to help you.

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By *il sub princessWoman
over a year ago

West Midlands

Can't fault him just shows people are dumb in love

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By *itzi999Woman
over a year ago

Slough

"Anybody watched it yet

Wonder if there are any fabswinger swindlers on here then.

How many liars are there on here?"

It’s a brilliant show! Just makes you think…how stupid are these women???

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By *rispyDuckMan
over a year ago

Chinese Takeaway near you

Was watching a podcast on YouTube & they said "funny how when a guy swindles women out of money, it's news & they make a documentary out of it! Yet many women (not all) have been swindling men (golddiggers) out of money for years & no1 talks about it".

Having said that it was an interesting watch & do feel sorry for those girls

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By *ealitybitesMan
over a year ago

Belfast

25 years ago a family member got involved with a woman who was a compulsive liar and scammer.

To cut a very long story short she name dropped people I knew which set my spidey senses tingling and after doing my own investigations discovered she had cleaned out his bank account to use in a greater scheme.

I found estate agents, landowners, a solicitor and up to 20 individual business people that she was in the process of swindling.

The deals in place were worth approx £600k but as no legal documents had been signed at that point the actual amount lost was about £70k.

When I confronted her she claimed mental health issues and her parents threatened me with legal action despite all the hard evidence I presented them with.

I passed it all to the police who uncovered an even bigger scam involving HMRC and bank managers, none of whom were directly involved but had their names bandied around as part of the scam.

There were fake references to get 2 seperate jobs with multinational retailers and other deals I was unaware of, bringing the total scam to over 1 million pounds.

She was never charged with anything because of her mental health history which was backed up by medical records and a few years later was selected by one of the local political parties to stand as a candidate in a council election

She was removed from the ballot following complaints from numerous people including all those she had scammed.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The thing is it’s made him massive on Instagram and TikTok, he’s getting paid for his posting now…

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By *iss SJWoman
over a year ago

Hull

"25 years ago a family member got involved with a woman who was a compulsive liar and scammer.

I found estate agents, landowners, a solicitor and up to 20 individual business people that she was in the process of swindling.

The deals in place were worth approx £600k but as no legal documents had been signed at that point the actual amount lost was about £70k.

When I confronted her she claimed mental health issues and her parents threatened me with legal action despite all the hard evidence I presented them with.

I passed it all to the police who uncovered an even bigger scam involving HMRC and bank managers, none of whom were directly involved but had their names bandied around as part of the scam.

There were fake references to get 2 seperate jobs with multinational retailers and other deals I was unaware of, bringing the total scam to over 1 million pounds.

She was removed from the ballot following complaints from numerous people including all those she had scammed.

Bloody hell that’s outrageous and disgusting! Netflix should do a mini series about her! Can’t believe she even tried to stand as a candidate. How sickening for her victims.

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By *isstonguetasticjo OP Woman
over a year ago

widnes

It deffo was an eye opener tho

I nearly got stunned myself a few yrs ago

Started chatting to a guy on pof

Seemed ok

Convo goin ok

Swapped numbers

Mayb a get piccys

Only ones I have on her

He didn't have much in reply to questions I asked tho

Each seemed to be either yes

Thrn nxt day gets a msg off his so called brother saying if I didn't give him

This brother 5grand he was gonna process piccys all over social media of me

I msg the brother the one I had been chatting with

Even he said if I cud mayb give his brother 2grand he wud cover the rest

The brother was asking for bsnkk transfer ie just to get my bank details

No fuclin chance

I offered it in cash in person to him (had no intention of it tho)

He said he wanted it in transfer mayb over 2 instalments over a few days

I said if he met me n I wud provide the cash

He was threatening me more

But I gave as good as I hot off him

I wentbout in a date with a fella off here, told him all about it

Then they both msg me separately on that afternoon wen I was on date

Needless to say he took over on my behalf

N told him to start panicking cos it had been reported to police

Got crime no

They got his details through the imei code from his fone as police managed to trace the number

So much so they even msg me from a business number which even came up based down south some how

So my date told thrm to except a knock on their door from the police to arrest them for fraud

NEVER HEARD NOWT FTOM EITHER IF THE BROTHERS AFTER THAT

plus we hadn't even reported anythin to police

My date had a relative who worked in cid he told her wat had happened an she told him to tell me what to say to thrm to put the shits up them

Hence why I am very weary myself on here at times now

If you see my rants n moans alot

I just don't trust a lot of people

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By *ld StrumpetWoman
over a year ago

Telford

"It deffo was an eye opener tho

I nearly got stunned myself a few yrs ago

Started chatting to a guy on pof

Seemed ok

Convo goin ok

Swapped numbers

Mayb a get piccys

Only ones I have on her

He didn't have much in reply to questions I asked tho

Each seemed to be either yes

Thrn nxt day gets a msg off his so called brother saying if I didn't give him

This brother 5grand he was gonna process piccys all over social media of me

I msg the brother the one I had been chatting with

Even he said if I cud mayb give his brother 2grand he wud cover the rest

The brother was asking for bsnkk transfer ie just to get my bank details

No fuclin chance

I offered it in cash in person to him (had no intention of it tho)

He said he wanted it in transfer mayb over 2 instalments over a few days

I said if he met me n I wud provide the cash

He was threatening me more

But I gave as good as I hot off him

I wentbout in a date with a fella off here, told him all about it

Then they both msg me separately on that afternoon wen I was on date

Needless to say he took over on my behalf

N told him to start panicking cos it had been reported to police

Got crime no

They got his details through the imei code from his fone as police managed to trace the number

So much so they even msg me from a business number which even came up based down south some how

So my date told thrm to except a knock on their door from the police to arrest them for fraud

NEVER HEARD NOWT FTOM EITHER IF THE BROTHERS AFTER THAT

plus we hadn't even reported anythin to police

My date had a relative who worked in cid he told her wat had happened an she told him to tell me what to say to thrm to put the shits up them

Hence why I am very weary myself on here at times now

If you see my rants n moans alot

I just don't trust a lot of people

I had a bloke off kik do this and even found me on Facebook I proper laughed and said maybe if you can sell those pics give me half but where my old mans involved he knows everything so crack the fuck on… never heard off him again

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I watched it, it’s easy with hind sight to say they should have seen it coming but this is how he made a living, it was his full time job and he was very good at it.

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

Watched it for about 20 mins, thought it was rubbish

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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago

Liverpool

"I watched it, it’s easy with hind sight to say they should have seen it coming but this is how he made a living, it was his full time job and he was very good at it."

I agree. There were certainly many red flags but also it is often much easier to see the problems in the situation when you are outside looking in, and know the context of what was happening. I mean it's not like anybody went in to watching it not knowing what it's about.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Anybody watched it yet

Wonder if there are any fabswinger swindlers on here then.

How many liars are there on here?"

Dont need their money, just their body

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By *ond Jimmy BondMan
over a year ago

London

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By *ond Jimmy BondMan
over a year ago

London

I’ve done business with the company that he pretended to be the CEO of, LLD diamonds. The British arm of the business has now changed their name because of the negative press

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By *imi_RougeWoman
over a year ago

Portsmouth

"The tinder swindler isn't the only con man out there. Richard Dexter was jailed for 4 and a half years last week for scamming a woman out of £140k on there.

Romance fraud is a huge issue and is under reported and under prosecuted. I'm not sure any site is free of it."

I know him...

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By *lkmajikMan
over a year ago

Bournemouth

"Just finished watching it. He’s never been charged with frauding those women

Technically he didn't commit a crime though so he can't get charged and there's no paper trail for the money.

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By *peedypeteMan
over a year ago

derby

There didn't used to be but as his changed so much I think you're right. I can't tell myself as no one ever replies to messages any more either.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"A fool and their money are easily parted

Me if a tinder match says they need 25k because their enemies are after then

“Shit that’s crazy, good luck on that” "

To be honest they prey on very vulnerable people… people with a void which they desperate to fill (in more ways than one…)

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By *iamondCougarWoman
over a year ago

Norfuck! / Lincolnshire

"I watched Inventing Anna yesterday and couldn't get over how so many people fell for her lies. She was nothing but a con woman. The actress playing her, Julia Garner from Ozark was absolutely fantastic x"

I watched Inventing Anna - been waiting for months for it’s real ease after listening to the podcast Fake Heiress …. What cold hearted witch!!

Almost as bad as The Tinder Swindler

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By *iger4uWoman
over a year ago

In my happy place

I watched Inventing Anna - been waiting for months for it’s real ease after listening to the podcast Fake Heiress …. What cold hearted witch!!

Almost as bad as The Tinder Swindler

Ive just finished it... It hooked me in.

Was very well done.

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By *iamondCougarWoman
over a year ago

Norfuck! / Lincolnshire

I watched Inventing Anna - been waiting for months for it’s real ease after listening to the podcast Fake Heiress …. What cold hearted witch!!

Almost as bad as The Tinder Swindler

Ive just finished it... It hooked me in.

Was very well done. "

Both were very well done

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By *iss_FickleWoman
over a year ago

Cambridgeshire

Take away the glitz and glamour and he's just a 2bit conman. Who'd rob your nan's biscuit tin, if she let him in.

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