Super Scam Me documentary shows what it takes to catch a romance scammer

Ars Technica · 2026-10-16 · Auto-collected and curated by AiEmy Cloud (AiEmy Cloud StAck)

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[Topic] Super Scam Me documentary shows what it takes to catch a romance scammer
[Type] Internet Industry News
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1. Watch an exclusive clip from Super Scam Me where a victim tracks down her scammer.
[Industries] Internet
[Source] Ars Technica (auto-collected by AiEmy Cloud / AiEmy Cloud StAck)

Watch an exclusive clip from Super Scam Me where a victim tracks down her scammer.

If you got a DM from an unverified Jon Bon Jovi account after commenting on one of his official Instagram posts, what would it take to make you believe it was really the rock star hoping to connect? And at what point when he starts asking you to send money—like lose-your-house kind of money—would you snap out of the fantasy and stop draining your bank account?

In a documentary premiering Saturday—Super Scam Me—investigative journalist Mariana van Zeller goes deep into this toxic love-bombing terrain. In a clip that Ars is exclusively debuting below, you can see how van Zeller worked with an ethical hacker, Arman the Cyber, to use a fake bitcoin receipt and bait the fake Bon Jovi, giving the victim some much-needed closure.

Sneak peek at National Geographic's Super Scam Me.

Scamming a romance scammer

Broadcasting on National Geographic at 9 pm ET and available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu, the documentary takes viewers on an empathetic quest to understand how the line between “lover” and “fraud victim” gets blurred in romance scams that the Federal Trade Commission says cost Americans nearly $1.5 billion in losses each year.

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