The internet has ushered in the Golden Age of Grifting. One would expect that the rise of the “Information Age” would make fraud, scams, and grifting more difficult or nearly impossible. With the ability to fact-check, verify, or research anything instantaneously, dishonesty should be uncovered more quickly. Paradoxically, the exact opposite has happened. The internet is so cluttered with junk and misinformation that it is impossible to trust any source. In this highly fractured environment, grifters lurk like sharks prowling the reef.

An internet grifter is someone who uses online platforms to deceive, manipulate, or exploit people for money and/or influence, often under the guise of sincerity, activism, or entertainment.

Explore biographies of twelve grifters across five different genres: Charity & Crowdfunding, Lifestyle, Conspiracy/Secret Knowledge, Political, and Financial Advice. Learn how they get started, cultivate or attach themselves to a community, and then begin siphoning their audience’s money.

Grifts/Grifts Covered in the Book:

• Creator Clash

• Nick Rekieta’s Fundraiser for Vic Mognogna

• The Open Hand Foundation

• Jack Murphy’s Liminal Order

• Liver King

• Bob Lazar

• David Wilcock

• Lauren Chen & Tenet Media

• Black Lives Matter

• Hasan Piker & Nick Fuentes

• Jeremy Hambly aka TheQuartering

• Influencer Meme Coins

• Kevin Paffrath aka Meet Kevin