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jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Crypto Scammers Are Targeting Trump’s MAGA Supporters

www.wired.com

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Crypto Scammers Are Targeting Trump’s MAGA Supporters

www.wired.com

jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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After Donald Trump’s campaign announced it would accept cryptocurrency, the operators of a host of fraudulent websites have sought to hustle his supporters.
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    Scammers usually try to target 🎯 gullible people like old people. Usually people who don’t understand what’s going on.

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      If you’re gonna type out target, why the emoji?

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        MAGA Supporters would be reading it 🤣

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      I have had the misfortune of Mixing shows for Newsmax…that is literally their stick

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        Their shtick?

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          Well I wasn’t smart enough to say no to working for that god awful place briefly… I’m certainly not smart enough to spel gud

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            Them beating you in the head with their stick probably didn’t help.

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              Not at all… ha

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          Their schtick.

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            I thought so too, and schtick is a valid variant, but dictionaries list shtick first.

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              Yeah, both are correct in English.

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      Credulous as well. Conspiracy theory and aliens magazines used to have tons of ads for scams.

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      I’d love to see a study on the religiosity, political affiliation, education, wealth, career, and age of people who get scammed and the types of scams they fell for.

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