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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In an episode of the show bullshit (I think, I'm not 100% sure because I watch a lot of scam/anti-scam programming) there was an expert in MLMs saying that when you lose money in the MLM that isn't a negative outcome for a MLM company.
He said something like, "you are supposed to lose money, that's the business" and I can't help but think the exact same quote applies to this.
That's absolutely correct. MLMs make you buy their shitty products at steep prices and leave it to you to sell the rest at even more outragous prices. Once you bought their product, in bulk, at markup, they made a profit.
They dont give a fuck if you can sell it or not. You bought it, now you're stuck with this useless shit.
Trump and company are doing something similar with ideas. Believe these words, no matter how horrible and bad they are, even if you're loved ones vehemetly disagree with you, even if it will destroy democracy and hurt several vulnerable populations of people.... believe us no matter what. Get invested beyond reason and stay angry even if it ruins your life.
They're basically sucking the happiness out of people and then blaming x, y, and z groups for it.
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.
Trump supports the genocide in Gaza and wants to start two more genocides- of Latino and queer people- in the U.S.
On top of that, he just suggested bombing Iran's nuclear facilities, which could end up in an escalation causing far more senseless deaths than there have been in Gaza. Exponentially more.
But I guess those things don't matter because "Holocaust Harris" or whatever.
I should instead support the guy who is going to nuke Palestine. Right? Completely eradicate them?
Who has sworn to put America first no matter the cost? Even if it means a nuclear winter? The guy who wants to suck Putin's cock so bad that he sent him one of those kits so that he could get a mold made so that he can practice?