Following the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025, multiple scam text messages have circulated, falsely claiming to be from his wife, Erika Kirk, and soliciting donations in his memory.
These fraudulent messages state, “I refuse to let the movement Charlie built die. It will only grow – stronger, bolder, louder. Join me,” followed by a link to donate.
Law enforcement agencies, including the Banks County Sheriff’s Office, Habersham County Sheriff’s Office, and Effingham County Sheriff’s Office, have issued public warnings confirming these texts are scams designed to exploit the tragedy for financial gain.
Authorities advise the public not to click on any links associated with these messages, as doing so may lead to identity theft, malware, or financial fraud.
Additionally, scammers have impersonated Turning Point USA, the organization co-founded by Kirk, in an attempt to collect fraudulent donations.
These scams are part of a broader wave of online misinformation and financially motivated hoaxes following Kirk’s death, including fake stories about large donations from public figures that have been debunked by fact-checkers.
Yep. “AI” is just a big aggregator of data with similarly massive (and ongoing) training as to right/wrong responses, but in this case it’s aggregated correctly.
Hope the real TPUSA team vets the many thousands of chapter requests carefully. The liars would love to do a “Patriot Front” false flag using their name.
My wife got that message on her phone yesterday, we knew it was fake.