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Showing Original Post only (View all)Truth Social Users Are Losing Ridiculous Sums of Money to Scams [View all]
https://gizmodo.com/truth-social-users-are-losing-ridiculous-sums-of-money-to-scams-2000506604Donald Trump launched Truth Social in 2022 as a social media platform where the MAGA faithful could hang out without any liberals to spoil the fun. The biggest selling point? It was the only place where Trump was personally posting his unhinged screeds after getting banned from Twitter over that whole coup attempt. But new documents obtained by Gizmodo reveal the site has also been flooded with scammers who are swindling users out of enormous sums of money. Were talking about people whove lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in a relatively short period of time.
Gizmodo submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the FTC for consumer complaints about Truth Social filed in the past two years. The complaints to the federal agency include some stories from people whove been banned from the site (unjustly, they claim) and others who say they got signed up for mailing lists they never wanted to be on in the first place. But the complaints about scams are the most shocking, if only because there are such large sums of money involved. And were publishing a sample of the full, unedited complaints below.
One person who says they lost $170,000 explained they were initially scammed on a different site but met someone on Truth Social who claimed they could help get their money back. That turned out to be a scam as well. But more often, the victims are first contacted on Truth Social before being told to take the conversation somewhere else, like WhatsApp. Truth Social seems to be a target-rich environment for people who are easy to con.
Another thing that sticks out about the complaints filed with the FTC is that they seem to involve plenty of elderly fans of Donald Trump. One 72-year-old man who reported chatting with a beautiful woman on the site was scammed out of $21,000. His complaint ends with, I havent told my wife about this blunder. She still doesnt know about it. Another person in their 60s said they lost $500,000 to scammers on Truth Social and seemed to think there might be a way they could get their money back, telling the FTC, After I pay this they promise there will be no more fees and I will receive my assets.
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He doesn't need the attention span or patience to send out multiple messages.
Solly Mack
4 hrs ago
#35
Sadly, I am not a good enough person to feel bad about this as my first reaction.
niyad
6 hrs ago
#6
Let's see. What did DonOld say about Romney catching Covid? Something like:: 'Gee. That's too bad.'
keithbvadu2
6 hrs ago
#9
Microphone and camera don't work so can only communicate with the honey by keyboard.
keithbvadu2
5 hrs ago
#20
They can't tell truth from lies. If they could, they wouldn't support Trump.
Qutzupalotl
5 hrs ago
#16
Wasn't their ignorance the reason Trump said if he ever went into politics, he'd run as a Republican?
Attilatheblond
4 hrs ago
#44
Having spent the 80s and early 90s "in the life," it doesn't surprise me one bit.
Montauk6
5 hrs ago
#24
So you're telling me that people who join the Trump cult are also susceptible to scammers?
progressoid
5 hrs ago
#25
This doesn't surprise me at all. They're extremely gullible to believe drumpf is the chosen one, and
liberalla
4 hrs ago
#34
I guess they never heard of, Buyer Beware. I wish I could muster up some sympathy.
Joinfortmill
4 hrs ago
#42