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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.
  • @catalog3115@lemmy.world
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    Scammers usually try to target 🎯 gullible people like old people. Usually people who don’t understand what’s going on.

    • chingadera
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      14•1 year ago

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

      • @catalog3115@lemmy.world
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        16•1 year ago

        MAGA Supporters would be reading it 🤣

    • @teamevil@lemmy.world
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      3•1 year ago

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

      • @Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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        5•1 year ago

        Their shtick?

        • @teamevil@lemmy.world
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          3•1 year ago

          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

          • @Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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            2•1 year ago

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

            • @teamevil@lemmy.world
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              1•1 year ago

              Not at all… ha

        • @samus12345@lemmy.world
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          Their schtick.

          • @Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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            2•1 year ago

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

            • @samus12345@lemmy.world
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              Yeah, both are correct in English.

    • @afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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      1•1 year ago

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

    • @Zannsolo@lemmy.world
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      1•1 year ago

      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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