Romance scams
Subject in True Crime
Romance scams has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Joe Rogan Experience. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Mariana van ZellerPortuguese-American Peabody and Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist, host of Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
Van Zeller says men fall victim to romance scams as often as women but are less willing to speak about it out of shame.
“men are as likely to falling victim to these scams as women, but they just have a lot more shame around it”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2567 - Mariana van Zeller (Oct 16, 2026) · Listen from 11:37
Van Zeller argues that scam victims are not simply gullible, because scammers exploit universal emotions.
“what these scammers are so good at doing is that they prey on emotions that we all share, you know, love and trust and sometimes greed as well”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2567 - Mariana van Zeller (Oct 16, 2026) · Listen from 2:22
Podcasts
- The Joe Rogan Experience · 1 episode
Episodes
#2567 - Mariana van ZellerThe Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 16, 2026 · 2 h 30 min
Joe Rogan and journalist Mariana van Zeller discuss romance and pig-butchering scams, Meta's profits from scam ads, Mexican cartels, the opioid crisis and drug policy.