Super Scam Me Menu About Photos Releases Videos Releases September 15, 2026 TO FIND A PREDATOR, SHE BECOMES THE PREY: EMMY® AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST MARIANA VAN ZELLER GOES UNDERCOVER TO EXPOSE THE $1 BILLION ROMANCE SCAM INDUSTRY IN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC’S SUPER SCAM ME Watch or Embed Trailer HERE Download Key Art HERE Download Photos HERE National Geographic unveiled the trailer and premiere date for SUPER SCAM ME, a new investigative documentary special featuring Emmy Award-winning journalist Mariana van Zeller. Produced by Muck Media and directed by Jeff Plunkett, the one-hour special airs Oct. 17 at 9:00 p.m. EDT on National Geographic and streams on Disney+ and Hulu. Romance scams are now one of the fastest-growing and most devastating forms of financial crime. The rise of generative AI, which is capable of convincingly imitating celebrities and public figures, is only making these scams more sophisticated and harder to spot. An estimated one in seven adults has lost money to this form of deception, and in 2025 alone, romance scammers stole more than $1 billion from American victims. After years of reporting on the scam industry, Mariana enters one of her most immersive investigations to date in SUPER SCAM ME. In a real-life social experiment, s Press Release
September 15, 2026 TO FIND A PREDATOR, SHE BECOMES THE PREY: EMMY® AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST MARIANA VAN ZELLER GOES UNDERCOVER TO EXPOSE THE $1 BILLION ROMANCE SCAM INDUSTRY IN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC’S SUPER SCAM ME Watch or Embed Trailer HERE Download Key Art HERE Download Photos HERE National Geographic unveiled the trailer and premiere date for SUPER SCAM ME, a new investigative documentary special featuring Emmy Award-winning journalist Mariana van Zeller. Produced by Muck Media and directed by Jeff Plunkett, the one-hour special airs Oct. 17 at 9:00 p.m. EDT on National Geographic and streams on Disney+ and Hulu. Romance scams are now one of the fastest-growing and most devastating forms of financial crime. The rise of generative AI, which is capable of convincingly imitating celebrities and public figures, is only making these scams more sophisticated and harder to spot. An estimated one in seven adults has lost money to this form of deception, and in 2025 alone, romance scammers stole more than $1 billion from American victims. After years of reporting on the scam industry, Mariana enters one of her most immersive investigations to date in SUPER SCAM ME. In a real-life social experiment, s Press Release
