I feel bad for all the normal family members who's lives are significantly impacted by their trump cult family members
this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2024
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Truth Social seems to be a target-rich environment for people who are easy to con.
It's almost like it was designed specifically for that.
I wish I knew how to grift. Honestly if these people want to give away their money, I'd take it. I wish I could come up with a way to scam these fucks
Start selling some dumb shit, like trump diapers, a trump doll that says "grab em by the pussy" or some other dumb ass shit his base likes. They'd snatch that shit up in a heartbeat. Take some of the proceeds for yourself, set up an account to put some into to donate to blue causes and candidates, and rinse/repeat. I guarantee that's what many of them are doing now. (Aside from the donate to blue part of course)
I mean, trump sneakers, trump bibles, trump watches, trump coins, trump assassination sneakers, you can't make this shit up.
Is anyone selling bullets with Trump's name engraved on them?
I'm trying to decide if the MAGAts would be throwing money at that idea, or if they would freak out.
It would be fine to engrave the cases, but not the bullets. It would change the balance and aerodynamics, making them highly inaccurate, and that is dangerous and highly unethical.
Now if you wanted to make them underpowered or duds, I suppose there's an argument for that. You'd have to reload them yourself though, and it's possible you could be held liable.
I think the way with less overhead is to invent Trump crypto and other financial schemes. People are always looking to make money quick.
Good point! Maybe diversify your schemes for maximum profit.
I know the secret to scamming these idiots. You could make $10,000 per month easily. I'll let you in on the scam, you just need to send me $100.
I've only got $50, can someone loan me the other half, and I'll pay you back when I've got that $10,000
Well yeah, it's entirely dumbfucks and old people.
Odds are it's the exact same family members as would send you Bill Gates chain email scams about 20 years ago, and who you inevitably had to remove a virus from their PC at some point, before you convinced them to get a tablet so they'd leave you alone.
Oh and they definitely DO NOT give Facebook permission to do whatever with their posts and photos, but also click "I agree" on every single popup.
Certainly not her! /s
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Truth Social seems to be a target-rich environment for people who are easy to con.
Thank you, Capital Obvious.
I am absolutely sickened by the ghouls in this thread, laughing at the victims of scams. You all should be ashamed of yourselves.
To the victims of Truth Social, my heart hurts for you, and I'm here to help:
Send me the financial transaction details of the scam, including your bank account number, your social insurance number, date of birth, your mother's maiden name, and other documentation as needed, and I will take care of things.
Best reply. Compassion wins! Lol
social insurance number
Limey detected!
OK Truthers, this is why you need my protection. DON'T FALL VICTIM to these FOREIGNERS! If contacted, immediately notify me with any information they requested and I'll VERIFY THE SECURITY of your private details.
No no, that mistake is deliberate to automatically filter out the smart people.
Canuck more likely. In the UK it's a national insurance number.
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I mean if you're looking for people to con, then of course a huge group of people being actively conned so ridiculously easily is going to be a great hunting ground for them.
They vote for a guy whose nickname has been "Don the Con" for decades.
It's interesting to me that the generation of get rich quick schemes is having this problem. It's a dilemma for sure. I remember some of these same types always impressing on me the importance of hard work and saving. The grasshopper and the ant parable and not jumping off bridges just because your friends are doing it.
Just amazes me because liberals that taught me about caring and mindfulness are the ones who are resistant to the scammers in their old age. And the ones who claimed to be conservative and financially responsible are the ones with mortgages and complaints about how they are going to have hardships with retirement.
Learning from their failures is all we can do. Try to prepare the next generation for dealing with this new reality.
No wonder they keep complaining about the economy...
How could anyone ever scam anyone with a Truth Social post? The posts are called "truths" that means they must be true!
Now that you've pointed this out, I realize the whole scam article must be a lie. Cheers!
As the old adage goes, a fool and his money are soon parted.
I have also texted with a guy that claims to be one of the 4 founders of coincorner, Phil Collins
I can feel it conning in the air tonight... Oh Lord
When their world revolves around feels, emotion, “common sense*”, and education is portrayed as bad, they are far easier marks than someone who views un-vetted and too-good-to-be-true opportunities with a logical eye.
*common sense is just another substitute for rejecting actual education and knowledge. “This is the right thing to do because common sense feels right” rather than investigating and making sure of what is right.
Truth Social seems to be a target-rich environment for people who are easy to con.
Ya don't say.
If they weren’t gullible, they wouldn’t be trump supporters.
Half the users are Trump supporters, the other half are scammers. It's a match made In heaven brought to you by Orange Jesus.
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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 haven’t told my wife about this blunder. She still doesn’t 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.”
what is even happening here. this reads like something from an onion article.
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That's IMPOSSIBLE! Those people Do Their OWN Research!
lol fuckem
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