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BumRushDaShow

(142,937 posts)
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 07:24 PM Oct 5

Trump's Truth Social Riddled With Scammers Ripping Off Users

Source: Daily Beast

Published Oct. 05, 2024 3:14PM EDT


Truth Social users say they lost thousands in online scams on the platform, with some victims being fleeced out of six-figure sums. Complaints filed to the Federal Trade Commission, obtained by Gizmodo, detail the myriad schemes of fraudsters using Donald Trump’s social media platform in the past two years.

Many of the app’s users, particularly retired “Boomers” with life savings, fell for “pig butchering” scams in which a grifter persuades an individual to buy into a dubious investment scheme, convincing the victim to make larger contributions by tricking them into thinking they’re making money.

“The scammers will often give the victim access to a website that shows a certain dollar amount in ‘their’ account but the money is long gone,” the report explained. “It’s not sitting there for them to withdraw. It’s simply a ruse for the victim to see their imaginary money grow, luring them into ‘investing’ even more.”

Several of these older users “don’t seem to understand that any amount they might see on their end that’s supposedly sitting in an account is completely fictitious.”

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-truth-social-riddled-with-scammers-ripping-off-users-report?ref=wrap

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Trump's Truth Social Riddled With Scammers Ripping Off Users (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Oct 5 OP
best news I've heard today prodigitalson Oct 5 #1
I find it amazing some here are giving these repukes any sympathy wolfie001 Oct 6 #21
Like robbing banks bc there's money there, fleece suckers on (un)Truth Social because that's where they are. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 5 #2
The scammers know where to go to find the gullible. Klarkashton Oct 5 #3
Mine as well take it from good ole Grandma and Grandpa Racist wolfie001 Oct 6 #22
Talk about prime pickings for the scammers groundloop Oct 5 #4
Well, sure, since people aren't allowed to scam or lie on Orange Jesus' social site AZJonnie Oct 5 #5
Fools and their money parted by a known con man! kimbutgar Oct 5 #6
Magas who willingly give in to trump's grifting slightlv Oct 5 #7
Talk about a target-rich environment central scrutinizer Oct 5 #8
Couldn't happen to a nice bunch of people . . . SarcasticSatyr Oct 5 #9
Crocodile tears. nt eppur_se_muova Oct 5 #10
Trump is known for fleecing his supporters. This is worse than his $70 Bible. Marcuse Oct 5 #11
Amazing how they all have... skypilot Oct 5 #12
There's a sucker born every minute... Justice matters. Oct 5 #13
A self-selected pool of gullible marks. Demobrat Oct 5 #14
I wonder how much of it is going into Trump's pocket. dflprincess Oct 5 #15
Is the Felon getting a cut? Is he working with the scammers? Probatim Oct 5 #16
Color me completely unsurprised The Animator Oct 6 #17
I'm embarrassed so many here are saying "Good!" Conjuay Oct 6 #18
We're in a "Cold War" with repukes wolfie001 Oct 6 #20
They're gullible enough to follow the ultimate con man Novara Oct 6 #23
Please scammers!!! Take all their money!!! wolfie001 Oct 6 #19
Pre-Qualified Pool of Marks & Mopes Kid Berwyn Oct 6 #24
Isn't this what Trump does? twodogsbarking Oct 6 #25
I once talked to an investment advisor bucolic_frolic Oct 6 #26
A word to right-wing lurkers reading this thread Vogon_Glory Oct 6 #27
Good Point! bucolic_frolic Oct 6 #28
Truth Social accounts are like the Glengarry leads for gullibility Prairie Gates Oct 6 #29
MAGA in microcosm. BobTheSubgenius Oct 6 #30
My impression of MAGAs is they must be gullible fools FakeNoose Oct 6 #31
I can only cheer when users of Truth Social get ripped off. Less money to donate to MAGA. Martin68 Oct 6 #32
I watch a lot of videos on youtube of people getting scammed mdbl Oct 6 #33
Machiavellian Fleecing The Darwin Award Winners Is A Tale As Old As Humanity MayReasonRule Oct 6 #34

wolfie001

(3,713 posts)
21. I find it amazing some here are giving these repukes any sympathy
Sun Oct 6, 2024, 07:31 AM
Oct 6

They're backing a violent racist. He didn't want to give Cali ANY $ for their wildfire disasters because the state went for Biden.

Bernardo de La Paz

(51,010 posts)
2. Like robbing banks bc there's money there, fleece suckers on (un)Truth Social because that's where they are. . . . nt
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 07:26 PM
Oct 5

wolfie001

(3,713 posts)
22. Mine as well take it from good ole Grandma and Grandpa Racist
Sun Oct 6, 2024, 07:36 AM
Oct 6

They're all over TT spreading their racist hate. Being led literally by "Aw Shucks, ain't I just so cute" 'Mama Tot/Ophelia'..... Repulsive hate people.
P.S.- if you're on TT, you know

AZJonnie

(76 posts)
5. Well, sure, since people aren't allowed to scam or lie on Orange Jesus' social site
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 07:39 PM
Oct 5

Makes sense to just blithely trust the other people who show up there with too good to be true investment offers, cause you know Dear Leader will be getting rid of any scammers or bad people. No, seriously!

slightlv

(4,378 posts)
7. Magas who willingly give in to trump's grifting
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 07:50 PM
Oct 5

to buy his cheap geegaws are one thing. But I won't even accept magas being taken in my scammers... not after my recent bout, thanks to dear husband. We may not have had much, but they took everything from savings and checking. Trying to figure out how to live for a month knowing you've got nothing is NOT a nightmare I wish on anyone, not even magas. There are fewer people in the world I hate more than scammers. A pox on all of them!

skypilot

(8,936 posts)
12. Amazing how they all have...
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 09:51 PM
Oct 5

...this disposable income to fork over when, according to them and their master, the economy is tanking and no one can afford to buy food.

Justice matters.

(7,543 posts)
13. There's a sucker born every minute...
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 10:11 PM
Oct 5

Everyone who votes for the convicted felon is one.

So where will the scammers go to make a killing?

Lie Social, of course!

Demobrat

(9,845 posts)
14. A self-selected pool of gullible marks.
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 10:15 PM
Oct 5

How is any self-respecting scammer supposed to pass that up? Like taking candy from a baby.

The Animator

(1,139 posts)
17. Color me completely unsurprised
Sun Oct 6, 2024, 05:43 AM
Oct 6

It’s effectively a database of the most gullible marks on the planet. If i were a scammer that’s exactly where I’d go..

Conjuay

(2,125 posts)
18. I'm embarrassed so many here are saying "Good!"
Sun Oct 6, 2024, 06:26 AM
Oct 6

Here you are at a point in your life where you won’t be allowed back into the work force - even if you still have valuable skills- because you are too old /weak/ whatever, and you’ve been taken for every last penny you’ve managed to save,. “serves you right” is NOT AN ACCEPTABLE STATEMENT.
I thought WE were the ones who are supposed to show compassion, understanding and empathy.
“ There for the grace of god… “ etc.
I pity you as much as those scammed.

Novara

(6,115 posts)
23. They're gullible enough to follow the ultimate con man
Sun Oct 6, 2024, 07:38 AM
Oct 6

They're idiotic sheep who can't think for themselves. Of course they'll be sucked in by scams. They were sucked in by the biggest scammer of all.

But if you really hate that suckers are getting scammed, you only have to look at what was done by the biggest scammer in this country: he defanged consumer protection enforcement. HE allowed his followers to be fleeced.

Kid Berwyn

(18,085 posts)
24. Pre-Qualified Pool of Marks & Mopes
Sun Oct 6, 2024, 08:00 AM
Oct 6

Saves time, overhead; all under one roof.

ETA: Wouldn’t be surprised if Trump sells the list to wealthy grifters who offer him a percentage of the take.

bucolic_frolic

(47,130 posts)
26. I once talked to an investment advisor
Sun Oct 6, 2024, 08:17 AM
Oct 6

I saw red flags, though I did go far enough to investigate it thoroughly. I didn't invest. I dropped it. Cold.

He scammed several others, a state AG went after him, and he did 4-7 for the Feds.

There are reasons for SEC licensing, transparency, investment credentials. Credentials in good standing can be seen online. Do your own due diligence! If it sounds too good to be true ......

Vogon_Glory

(9,582 posts)
27. A word to right-wing lurkers reading this thread
Sun Oct 6, 2024, 10:00 AM
Oct 6

Many of those “administrative state” employees working at the Treasury and Justice departments you say you dislike work to keep the scammers in check. They don’t always succeed, as the gullible souls on Donald John’s web site found out, but if the ideologues running Project 2025 had their way, they’d be gone and the scamming would be much, much more frequent and intense.

Prairie Gates

(3,205 posts)
29. Truth Social accounts are like the Glengarry leads for gullibility
Sun Oct 6, 2024, 10:28 AM
Oct 6

If you believe Trump enough to sign up to that cesspool, you'll literally believe anything.

FakeNoose

(35,800 posts)
31. My impression of MAGAs is they must be gullible fools
Sun Oct 6, 2024, 11:30 AM
Oct 6

... since they give way too much credence and money to Chump. So of course the scammers jumped on there and started taking them for a ride.

Martin68

(24,625 posts)
32. I can only cheer when users of Truth Social get ripped off. Less money to donate to MAGA.
Sun Oct 6, 2024, 01:24 PM
Oct 6

Six-figure scams! I love it. If I was a scammer, that's where I'd go because lots of dumb people to rip off. They've gotta be dumb if they are looking for truth on Dump's scam machine.

mdbl

(5,488 posts)
33. I watch a lot of videos on youtube of people getting scammed
Sun Oct 6, 2024, 02:47 PM
Oct 6

In every case, the first question that comes to my mind is.... Trump voter?

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