After years of reporting on the scam industry, Mariana van Zeller enters one of her most immersive investigations to date. In a real-life social experiment, she builds a new online dating persona and goes undercover as the target of a romance scam to understand and expose the tactics, technologies, and psychological manipulations these criminals utilize to deceive their victims.
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- Post Production
- Production
- Muck Media, National Geographic
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Top Cast
Mariana van Zeller as Self
Top Crew
Jeff Plunkett · Director
Mariana van Zeller · Executive Producer
Bengt Anderson · Executive Producer
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