A New York woman has sneakily tricked dozens of men into going on a mass Tinder date. The result? A very bizarre mix of The Bachelor and Survivor .

The woman in question is reportedly Natasha Vaponte – an actress, model and singer – who told each of her dates to meet her at NYC’s Union Square were they were going to ‘see her friend DJ’.

When they arrived, however, they found they had been invited there to compete for Vaponte’s love along with dozens of her other men.

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One of the potential suitors, Twitter user @bvdhai, lived to tell the tale and shared his experiences on Twitter.

His 26-tweet thread has now gone viral with his original tweet gaining over 57,000 likes and 26,000 retweets.

Warning: there’s a bit of foul language, but poor Bvdha just got romantically scammed, so we’ll give him a break.

I am about to tell you an epic tale about subterfuge, dating in the 21st century and the fall of human civilization. This actually happened to me and it could happen to you too. Get some popcorn. *Thread*

— миша (@bvdhai) August 19, 2018

So a few weeks ago I was on the Tinder machine shopping my soul around and I match with a very attractive young lady. No bio. Fairly innocuous.

— миша (@bvdhai) August 19, 2018

He then described the ‘date’ itself.

I make my way to Union Square. Eat a hot dog and look over by this open lot by 17th Ave and there is a stage and a DJ and about 100 ppl and cameras and shit and I think well this is some random ass Manhattan shit.

— миша (@bvdhai) August 19, 2018

Eventually I see a girl moving towards backstage with two enormous bodyguards in sunglasses and realise it’s her and I’m thinking WHAT THINE FUCKETH IS GOING ON

— миша (@bvdhai) August 19, 2018

I stay back and assess the situation and I’m like fuck I’mma stay right where I am til she texts me. The DJ eventually stops playing and she gets on the stage and I’m so fucking confused but think well I guess she’s a social media personality or some shit

— миша (@bvdhai) August 19, 2018

I immediately think I’m too fucking old for this shit.

— миша (@bvdhai) August 19, 2018

She then says so I know all of you here are on tinder and I’m like ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

— миша (@bvdhai) August 19, 2018

And then the moment when he realised.

Then she says I’ve invited you all here for a chance to go on a date with me and proceeds to give a hunger games speech about what its gonna take to date her

— миша (@bvdhai) August 19, 2018

ALL THE DUDES THERE SHE FOUND ON TINDER AND TEXTED THEM THE SAME SHIT

— миша (@bvdhai) August 19, 2018

Every man in the crowd looks down and mimes WHAT IN THE NAME OF SCOOBY DOO THE IS THIS SHIT to themself

— миша (@bvdhai) August 19, 2018

The scene pic.twitter.com/U0ROAWKDQc

— миша (@bvdhai) August 19, 2018

At this point he decided not to compete.

At that point I am genuinely amazed at the fallopian fortitude this girl possesses. This is top 10 greatest finesse of all time. Dudes actually stayed and played.

— миша (@bvdhai) August 19, 2018

I went home.

— миша (@bvdhai) August 19, 2018

I TRUST NO ONE. I TRUST NOTHING ANYMORE. VANITY WILL BE THE DEMISE OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION. DON’T GET GOT. THE END.

— миша (@bvdhai) August 19, 2018

Is love officially dead? Maybe a little, but at least we got a laugh out of it.

What do you think of Natasha’s tactics? Would you do something similar? Tell us in a comment.

Dating translated – because someone has to do it.