The Perfect Scam · Nov 13, 2026 · 45:57
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In this special episode, Bob welcomes back investigative journalist Mariana van Zeller. She has spent years venturing into some of the world's most dangerous places, chasing interviews with underworld figures as she discovers truths about black markets and the business of fraud. With her latest documentary project for National Geographic, Super Scam Me, Van Zeller goes undercover to become the target of a romance scammer. What starts with a disguise and an invented dating profile will take her face-to-face with a would-be romance scammer on the other side of the world. We learn how scams are enabled by networks of criminals working together and how technology is reshaping the way criminals slip into victims' lives.