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Users of Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social have reportedly been scammed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to newly released consumer complaints.
Accounts obtained by Gizmodo through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the FTC reveal a large number of elderly supporters of the former president have apparently fallen foul of such schemes.
Truth Social is described as “America’s ‘Big Tent’ social media platform that encourages an open, free, and honest global conversation.” The platform, which was launched by the former president in February 2022 boasts around two million users.
Among the individual scam complaints published by Gizmodo was a person in their 60s, who said they lost as much as $500,000 to scammers on the site and seemed to think there might be a way …