If you are going to contribute to any political candidate, ensure you do your due-diligence and only donate through official, vetted channels. There's lots of scammers out there and they're representing all parties and candidates.
Posted on 05/27/2023 10:45:56 AM PDT by Drew68
In the recesses of the internet where some of Donald Trump’s most fervent supporters stoke conspiracies and plot his return to the White House, suspected con artists have been mining their disappointment over the last presidential election for gold.
They’ve been peddling “Trump Bucks,” which are emblazoned with photos of the former president, and advertising them online as a kind of golden ticket that will help propel Trump’s 2024 bid and make the “real patriots” who support him rich when cashed in.
John Amann told NBC News he bought $2,200 worth of Trump Bucks and other items over the past year only to discover they were worthless when he tried to cash them in at his local bank. So he’s gone on Twitter to warn other Trump supporters not to fall for this scam.
NBC News has identified the Colorado-based companies behind the Trump Bucks as Patriots Dynasty, Patriots Future and USA Patriots and reviewed dozens of social posts, online complaints and hundreds of misleading ads for the products. Additionally, NBC News has found at least a dozen people like Amann who say they invested thousands of dollars after watching the pitches on Telegram and other websites that strongly suggested that Trump himself was endorsing these products.
“Now I’m questioning whether he is aware of this,” Amann said of Trump.
Repeated attempts to reach a spokesperson for Trump and his re-election campaign by email have gone unanswered. No evidence suggests the alleged scammers are connected to Trump or his re-election campaign.
In addition to tweeting a warning to others about the scam, Amann said he posted a review on TrustPilot, a website where consumers can rate and review businesses.
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If you are going to contribute to any political candidate, ensure you do your due-diligence and only donate through official, vetted channels. There's lots of scammers out there and they're representing all parties and candidates.
Just scammers who have no connection with Trump, just trying to get money using his name. Be careful.
If you didn’t buy the official Trump NFTs, you’re not a Trump supporter.
is this like Schrute bucks??
Have several of these coins and some of the “gold” bills. Never considered them to be anything but a novelty/collector item.
“NBC News has identified the Colorado-based companies behind the Trump Bucks as Patriots Dynasty, Patriots Future and USA Patriots...”
Did they find any companies that were not FBI fronts?
LOL, I remember the $3 bills with Clinton’s face on them...lol.
Some guy tried to cash them in at a bank? Lol!
Remember this one?
Then this is the story - report it as a scam. It's in there, but the inference they try to get you to draw from the headline and the initial paragraphs is something else entirely.
John Amann told NBC News he bought $2,200 worth of Trump Bucks and other items over the past year only to discover they were worthless when he tried to cash them in at his local bank.
You buy something off a website and think you take something like this to the bank?
I was under the impression that “Trump Bux”! was the handouts disguised as PPP loans that millionaires received while employee’s recieved a paltry coupla grand. Those policies killed untold small businesses off, while Amazon Walmart Home Depot and other multi billion dollar corporations made record profits. Good times.
Good times. I suppose Pfizer enjoyed their Trumo Bux!, too. After all, Operation Warp Speed!!! was very profitable for them.
Ny Times is full of crap.
Seeing how they couldn't link this to Trump, I'm surprised they reported on it at all.
Ny Times is full of crap.
Trump gave up his celebrity status, lost money and put his family through hell to try and take on the corruption in DC, including of your establishment Republican and neocon pals.
DeSantis, meanwhile, is bought and paid for by the party's elite.
So, if President knew how gullible you are, would it matter at all?
Wait, what? Is this guy some sort of idiot?
“A fool and his money are soon parted.”
He just went to the wrong place to use them. I read about a guy going to a convenience store in Vegas this morning, saying the clerk was confused about the money, trying to figure out if 2 quarters made $.42 change. I also recall years ago I was in Harpers Ferry, attempting to use some then new one dollar coins, and the clerk freaked out.
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