“As Patrick Coughlin says in his incisive and elegant book, there are only two kinds of people in the world today: those who have been scammed and those who will soon be scammed. Read him for a compelling history of how we got to this terrifying place, and to defend yourself properly for the inevitability.” —VANESSA GRIGORIADIS, contributing writer at Vanity Fair and the New York Times

“Cyber crime pays, and powered by AI, it can make a victim of any of us. Coughlin’s timely guide to the dark side can teach you how to stay safe.” —RICHARD A. CLARKE, author of bestseller Cyber War and first US Special Advisor to the President for Cyber Space Security

“As more older adults become vulnerable to the new types of financial scammers armed with sophisticated AI tools, caregivers must learn how to protect them. Dark Side of the Boom provides an essential guide on how to recognize the different types of scams, and important ways to prevent them from harming those you care about.” —SUSAN GOLDEN, Stanford University lecturer and author of Stage (Not Age)

“I have been inside the scam compounds in Cambodia where this misery gets manufactured. Patrick Coughlin gets it right. Dark Side of the Boom is a thriller, an investigation, and a survival guide rolled into one. Read it. Then hand it to everyone you love.” —ERIN WEST, founder of Operation Shamrock, former deputy district attorney, and one of the nation’s leading prosecutors of AI-enabled financial fraud