SCAM: MAGA Buyers of “Trump Bucks” face a rude awakening
Opportunistic criminals have been preying on Donald Trump’s supporters for years, but a new MAGA grift has angered even his most ardent fans.
Sociopathic scammers tapped into the MAGA belief that Trump’s loss to Joe Biden was part of a “great conspiracy.”
The Don-Con artists promised huge windfalls to MAGAts if they purchased official “Trump Bucks,” a fake currency printed with Trump’s image.
The Wonka-esque internet “golden tickets” were sold under the false premise that they would make “real patriots” super rich should Trump ever return to the White House.
The conceit of the grift is that a Donald Trump 2024 win would turn the MAGA Monopoly Money into real legal tender worth far more than the purchase price, CHA-CHING!
Ads claimed that by investing in the “Trump Rebate Banking System (TRB),” Donald Trump would personally “reward their loyalty” by “making them rich” when he “unveils a new monetary system.”
Invest in a TRB membership card “issued by Donald Trump,” the ads trumpeted.
So if a Trump fan paid $99.99 for “$10,000 Diamond Trump Bucks”, they thought they’d be able to cash them in for $10,000 in real money at major banks or retailers like Walmart, Costco, and Home Depot.
But GUESS WHAT?
“Trump Bucks” have the same exact real-world monetary value as toilet paper, as one MAGAt found out when he took them to the bank.
I’m sorry if that was a huge shock to your system.
A Trumper named “John Amann” told NBC News he bought $2,200 worth of Trump Bucks along with other Trumpy items over the past year.
Amann was furious when he learned the Fake Trump Money was worthless when he tried to cash in.
Take a moment to imagine the bank teller’s face when they had to tell Amann he had been grifted by a Florida Man.
At least a dozen people besides Amann told NBC they invested “thousands of dollars” after watching videos that strongly suggested Trump himself was endorsing these products.
Which he wasn’t, of course. Because none of that money was going to him.
NBC News found that three Colorado-based groups were behind the grift: Patriots Dynasty, Patriots Future, and USA Patriots.
They keep using the word “patriots,” but I don’t think it means what they think it means.
Amann took to Twitter to warn other Trump supporters not to fall for this scam, but he didn’t get a whole lot of sympathy.
Amazing how people fall the continual grift.
— SomeoneShouldCare (@HolzerHope) May 27, 2023
https://twitter.com/friend_howdy/status/1662441382953332739?s=20
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That's what you get for supporting a grifting criminal liar, John
Trump Bucks have as much legitimacy as Trump himself#MAGAisOVER https://t.co/VNk3gYUr2M
— Tara Dublin wrote a really cool book! (@taradublinrocks) May 27, 2023
OMG, the dude who bankrupted
Trump casino
Trump casino II
Trump casino III
Trump Steak
Trump Vodka
Trump University
Trump Foundation
Trump Air
Trump Magazine
Trump Wine
And the Trump "administration"wants you to invest in "Trump Bucks"?
— Howard ✡. 🟦🇮🇱 (@HowardA_AtLaw) May 27, 2023
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