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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.
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