Truth Social Users Fall Victim to Scams, Losing Significant Sums
Reports reveal widespread fraudulent schemes on Donald Trump's social media platform, targeting elderly users with investment and romance scams.
- Numerous Truth Social users, primarily older individuals, have been scammed out of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
- The scams often involve 'pig butchering,' where victims are tricked into investing more money by showing fake profits.
- Many victims were initially contacted on Truth Social before being lured to other platforms like WhatsApp for further manipulation.
- Truth Social's parent company claims to actively search for and ban scams, but the platform remains a lucrative target for fraudsters.
- The company is facing financial struggles and leadership changes, with recent resignations linked to mismanagement allegations.