Last month, Arizona congressman David Schweikert introduced the Scam Farms Marque and Reprisal Authorization Act of 2025 (H.R. 4988) to the House of Representatives. The bill would “authorize the President of the United States to issue letters of marque and reprisal with respect to acts of aggression against the United States by a member of a criminal enterprise or any conspirator associated with an enterprise involved in cybercrimes, and for other purposes.”

With this power, the president could empower private citizens or private companies to attack cyber scammers.

The structure is similar to how pirates and privateers once attacked foreign enemies at sea on behalf of their government. In fact, the practice may have won the Revolutionary War for the United States. Esti

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