Joe Rogan Experience #2567 - Mariana van Zeller · Aired Oct 16, 2026
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Mariana says her team contacted the former Navy SEAL whose photos a romance scammer had stolen.
The finding
What remains unresolved
Mariana says the team contacted the real former Navy SEAL whose photos were stolen, not that this identified the scammer. Her documentary account is not independently corroborated here. Calling the person in the photos a scammer misidentifies the alleged victim.
No supporting source was captured. This finding should not be treated as a sourced conclusion.
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Quick answer
Is it true that Mariana says her team contacted the former Navy SEAL whose photos a romance scammer had stolen?
We can't say yet. Mariana says the team contacted the real former Navy SEAL whose photos were stolen, not that this identified the scammer. Her documentary account is not independently corroborated here. Mariana van Zeller said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2567 - Mariana van Zeller, aired Oct 16, 2026, at 1:09:29. We couldn't settle it from the evidence we captured, so it stays an open question, not a false claim. No supporting source was captured, so don't treat this as a sourced conclusion.
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