Articles by Ben Rothke about scams, scammers, robocallers and more.

https://nypost.com/2021/12/08/how-fake-internet-lovers-are-scamming-desperate-singles-out-of-millions/

Here are the articles I have written about scams as of September 2025:

Jennifer Aniston doesn’t love you, Brad Pitt doesn’t need a loan, and Tsutomu Shimomura won’t help you recover your stolen Bitcoin.

Bots are spelling the demise of X

Scams are cyclical — and the resume writing coaches scam is back

LinkedIn Job Scams — the Ultimate Invisible Gorilla

You’re So Vain — Why Pay For a Cover Story About You? How to avoid getting scammed in the very profitable corporate awards industry

I wrote that Facebook doesn’t care about security — I was wrong.

Should you veto Credit Veto?

Job scams are everywhere — tips and awareness advice on how to protect yourself.

Get on a board — but maybe not with Boardsi — Boardsi make really bold claims. Yet not a single person on their testimonials page has anything good to say.

The CrowdStrike Microsoft outage — scammers as first responders

There’s a lot of money to be made in crypto — if you are a scammer — if someone reaches out to you about investing in crypto, 100% it’s a scammer.