WASHINGTON — They don’t even try to hide it. The rise of so-called “fraud-fluencers” who openly brag online about swindling money from taxpayers and encourage their followers to do the same has alarmed good government crusaders. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) , who helms the DOGE Caucus, is urging the Trump administration to both turn up the heat on “fraud-fluencers” and study their tactics. “Scammers I’ve deemed ‘fraud-fluencers’ are putting the ‘con’ in online content and flooding their followers’