But now there is another reason to worry about DOGE: Scammers are capitalizing on increased interest in its actions in order to defraud people of cryptocurrency, according to the online protection company McAfee, which researches and monitors digital scams.

After just a few weeks, the evidence is mounting and the numbers are growing larger. Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency are finding fraud — everywhere. And that’s the subject of the riff.