Poor Donald Trump. No, literally, it seems ‘The Donald’ is so poor and cash strapped that he stooped to conducting a Trump money scheme designed to scam his donors out of millions!
Politics
When Donald Trump realized last September that he was facing a cash crunch and getting badly outspent by the Democrats, he set up a recurring donations scam to dupe donors out of giving more money.
According to The New York Times, online donors to the Trump campaign were led to believe they were making a single donation to ‘The Donald.’ However, they soon discovered that their intended one-time donation turned out to be a forced monthly or even weekly donation debited from their accounts without their knowledge or consent.
Stacy Blatt was one such donor who was suckered into the Trump money scheme. While in hospice care and battling cancer last September, the 63-year-old Kansas City resident who was living on just $1000 per month chipped in all he could spare: $500. However, once Trump had Mr. Blatt’s account info, he used it like a cheap ATM machine.
One day after Blatt’s single donation, the Trump camp withdrew another $500. They waited a week then took out another $500. In fact, the Trump money scheme stole $500 from Blatt every week through mid-October and without his knowledge — until Mr. Blatt’s account was completely depleted and frozen by the bank. Once Blatt discovered his utility and rent payments had bounced, he called his brother, Russell, for help.
Instead of accepting the original $500 donation with grace, the Trump money scheme took a grand total of $3000 in just over 30 days from Mr. Blatt’s account — forcing him to call the bank and declare himself a victim of fraud.
“It felt like it was a scam,” Russell Blatt said. He was right.
Stacy Blatt’s decision to make a single donation to Donald Trump turned out to be an intentional scheme to funnel revenues to the Trump campaign and to WinRed, the for-profit company that processed Trump’s online donations.
Here’s how the Trump money scheme worked. Donors made a single contribution to the campaign but had to wade through pages of fine print to find a check box and manually opt-out of recurring donations. In fact, an investigation by The New York Times discovered that as the election neared and Trump found himself in more of a financial hole, he introduced a second prechecked box, known internally as a “money bomb,” that doubled a person’s contribution. According to The Times, the disclaimer featured lines of text in bold and capital letters that overwhelmed the opt-out language.
The underhanded Trump money scheme worked and floated Trump the money he needed to head into the November election. However, the tactic ensnared hundreds of unsuspecting Trump loyalists including retirees, military veterans, and those who absolutely couldn’t afford to send money to Trump weekly.
Not long after, banks and credit card companies were inundated with fraud complaints from Trump’s own supporters regarding donations they never intended to make that sometimes ran into the thousands of dollars.
“Bandits!” said 78-year-old Victor Amelino of California whose lone $990 online donation to Trump last September via WinRed turned into a 7-time donation totaling nearly $8,000. “I’m retired. I can’t afford to pay all that damn money.”
Although banks and credit card companies were able to refund most of the Trump money scheme funds to the duped donors via chargebacks, it gave ‘The Donald’ the money he needed just when he needed it most. Trump was then able to use the donations he received that were supposed to go toward fighting his unsubstantiated voter fraud claims to issue refunds in lieu of facing a slew of lawsuits. Or, in other words, he stole money from his supporters via a fraudulent donor scheme — then refunded (some of) the money via additional donations obtained from crying he was robbed of the election due to voter fraud.
Interestingly, this is not Trump’s only scheme to raise money and remain relevant. He has recently begun “selling” access to himself via his website. Loyalists can now order a personalized greeting or message from ‘The Donald’ for weddings, graduations, and even funerals.
If you weren’t already aware, this now-exposed Trump money scheme is proof positive that Donald Trump is nothing more than a cheap, two-bit flim-flam man who was willing to stoop to stealing money from his own loyal supporters simply to save himself.
Is anyone (other than blind Trump supporters) surprised?
Is anyone (other than blind Trump supporters) surprised? […] – DJ
Lol. Naah.