DOGE wants access to the Treasury's central payments system, which contains the personal financial details of millions of Americans.

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.

DOGE claims $55 billion in savings over the first month — but its own ‘wall of receipts’ shows just $7.2 billion.