“Super Scam Me” Clip Shows Journalist Baiting a Romance Scammer Posing as Jon Bon Jovi

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Ars Technica debuted an exclusive clip from National Geographic’s documentary “Super Scam Me,” showing investigative journalist Mariana van Zeller and ethical hacker Arman the Cyber using a fake bitcoin receipt to bait an account impersonating Jon Bon Jovi. Ars said the exchange helped a victim get closure. The documentary follows van Zeller’s social experiment to expose how romance scams work and her attempt to meet a scammer face to face.

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“Super Scam Me” Shows How to Catch a Romance Scammer
In the National Geographic documentary “Super Scam Me,” investigative journalist Mariana van Zeller uses a social experiment to expose how romance scams work and try to meet a scammer face to face. In an Ars-exclusive clip, she and ethical hacker Arman the Cyber use a fake bitcoin receipt to bait a fake Jon Bon Jovi account, helping a victim get closure. The documentary airs Saturday at 9 pm ET and streams on Disney+ and Hulu.

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