Super Scam Me

Romance scammers stole more than $1 billion from American victims in 2025, and award-winning journalist Mariana van Zeller wants to know how they do it. She is going undercover to become the target of a romance scam. Only by intentionally falling prey to these criminal operators can she fully expose the tactics, technologies and psychology that have made these scams not just common but inescapable. Ultimately, she wants to meet her scammer face-to-face in a journey that will become very real as she uncovers his real name and identity and tracks him to his home in West Africa.