Documentary 'Super Scam Me' Reveals Inside Story of Romance Scam Investigation
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Investigative journalist Mariana van Zeller's documentary Super Scam Me will premiere Saturday on the National Geographic Channel, also available for streaming, taking a deep look into the romance scam industry. In the film, van Zeller poses as a middle-aged antiques dealer and successfully baits scammers in Ghana; she also works with ethical hacker Arman the Cyber to expose a fake Bon Jovi social media account using forged Bitcoin receipts. According to FTC statistics, romance scams cost Americans nearly $1.5 billion a year. The documentary is currently just premiering, and the event is an exposé and report on how romance scams operate.
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Investigative journalist Mariana van Zeller's documentary Super Scam Me premieres Saturday on National Geographic and will be available to stream, digging deep into romance scams. Posing as a middle-aged antiques dealer, she baited scammers in Ghana and worked with ethical hacker Arman the Cyber to expose a fake Bon Jovi account using fake Bitcoin receipts. The FTC says romance scams cost Americans nearly $1.5 billion a year.
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