

“To find a predator, I become the prey_”
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.
Directed by Jeff Plunkett, Jeff Plunkett, Mariana van Zeller
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Released
October 17, 2026
1h 4m
English