An undercover romance fraudster pretending to be a woman admits he is 'falling in love' with the 'kind-hearted' American man he conned out of over $10,000 in a new documentary. 

The second season of National Geographic's hugely popular Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller will see the award-winning journalist unveil the inner workings of romance scams.  

The unidentified Ghanaian man, who disguises his identity with a balaclava and gold mask, is accompanied by a female companion who lends her voice during phone calls to the victim in Virginia.

Despite their ruse, the man speaks candidly with the journalist - admitting he believes his victim has a 'kind heart'. 

After scamming the US man out of thousands by claiming he needed cash for rent and school fees, the scammer says he 'feels' for the man, named Michael, in a platonic sense, and thinks he's 'too good to him'. 

The new series, which airs Monday, will no doubt appeal to fans of Netflix's hit documentary Tinder Swindler, following a group of women who were the victims of dating app conman Shimon Hayut.