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Scammer impersonates Marco Rubio, demands $300 in Bitcoin

Grant St. Clair
Jun 29, 2026
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Marco Rubio in February, 2025. Daniel Hernandez-Salazar / Shutterstock.com

Of all the trustworthy names a scammer could possibly hijack, Marco Rubio feels like an odd choice. You can choose to be literally anyone, and you pick the Secretary of State who thinks fonts are woke? I think Rubio contacting me would make me even less likely to hand over an Appl…

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