OMFG. This is the latest scam going around the MAGA world.

[Initech]

Last edited Tue Jun 7, 2022, 11:48 PM - Edit history (1)

I can't even.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Qult_Headquarters/comments/v6xyia/yes_people_believe_this_and_are_paying_up_to_450/

For those of you who don't want to click on the link:

[byronius]

1. I'm not going to that link -- wish you would post a summary.

[Wounded Bear]

5. Yeah, me too...nt

[Effete Snob]

8. Someone wants DUers to go to another site

Like, if you just came to read DU, the idea seems to get you to go somewhere else.

[Initech]

21. Fixed it.

I found this on a subreddit that tracks Q Anon stuff (they're on our side, trust me).

[byronius]

49. Thanks!

OMG Ridiculous. But it fits the mindset.

[Tetrachloride]

7. Scammers for "Trump Bucks" are saying that the Trump Bucks will be accepted at Bank of America

[Wounded Bear]

12. So, it's trump crypto? nt

[Tetrachloride]

14. Trump paper money . my guess is easier to convict of felony to sell or advertise these

i believe it is paper money but not from Trump
Organizations.

[Initech]

13. It's from a subreddit that tracks all of the Q Anon insanity (they're on our side).

The gist of it is someone is going around selling "Trump Bucks" in the form of a very realistic looking $1,000 US bank note and telling people if they deposit this into their bank accounts, it will guarantee them a perfect credit score and somehow Bank Of America is involved in this (which I'm pretty sure they are not). The person selling these "Trump Bucks" is also claiming that they have printed over $40 billion worth of them, but $30 billion are left (I'm sure again, not).

[AntivaxHunters]

35. Why?

Reddit is awesome.
The news forums there are the best on the entire internet.
And they are STRICTLY moderate so no bullshit from right wing sources.
Here's the "Politics" forum which is strictly just political news. https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/
It's like having every single major news outlet at your fingertips.

They have everything on there from forums about keto to baseball cards. Their Covid forums are the best on the internet filled with healthcare professionals. I think you'd be amazed.

[Effete Snob]

44. Some people come to DU to read DU

And not to go off to other sites advertised here.

[AntivaxHunters]

46. So no links to news websites or anything?

Sorry but that's strange to me.

[Effete Snob]

48. It's nice to provide some context or reason why

That's not what I said.

As originally posted, it was a subject line with an exclamation and a blind link with no context, no explanation, no nothing.

It used to be customary to provide some idea of why someone would want to click a link elsewhere, or some context, rather than treating DU as a link farm.

People post links to news websites all of the time - along with an informative subject line, an excerpt, a summary, or some explanation of why one might want to click on the link.

[AntivaxHunters]

52. No lol Not saying you did

Context here. More of a "huh soooo..this?" moment if that makes sense?

[tanyev]

2. Trump chumps.

[underpants]

3. Loyal to the Bank of America

Obviously a scam. BoA would obviously never be able to do that or have any part of it.

[Initech]

16. It's 100% obviously a scam.

But the MAGA world falls for this shit like 10 times out of 10. I'm convinced you could sell them anything with Trump's face on it and make outrageous claims about it, and they would buy it every time.

[Tetrachloride]

4. This is special. Give the Secret Service and the IRS a reason to follow you.

[Initech]

15. And the SEC.

[Effete Snob]

6. What is it?

[Tetrachloride]

10. Scammers for "Trump Bucks" are saying that the Trump Bucks will be accepted at Bank of America

[Effete Snob]

11. And where are these being sold?

[sinkingfeeling]

9. Stupid. You can buy a pack of 100 of them on Ebay for $19.95.

[Initech]

18. Yeah I think Bank Of America should be made aware of this.

[Effete Snob]

36. Other than a graphic image posted to Reddit, there is zero evidence this is an actual scam

The scam appears to be making others believe this is a scam.

It is wildly successful.

[gratuitous]

20. You can buy 24 rolls of them at Costco

But the stuff from Costco is a lot softer.

[flying rabbit]

22. ...

[RockRaven]

17. Not gonna lie, I'd watch a clip video of MAGAts getting told by BofA tellers that their "money"

isn't money (if I knew before clicking that no tellers were harmed in it). That would have some serious entertainment potential.

[Initech]

19. Definitely!

[doublethink]

23. LOL. n.t.

[GenThePerservering]

24. Illiterates

Their "Official Statement" has spelling errors in it.

ETA: Gawd, some of those Reddit comments are funny!

[Initech]

25. I picked up it was a scam the second I saw a typo in the first sentence!

[usonian]

26. B of A seems not to know about it.

[Effete Snob]

43. Neither does anywhere else on the internet other than an anonymous post on social media

In fact, if you search for things like "trump bucks scam", this thread is among the top results. That sets up a feedback loop in which this thread serves as "confirmation" that is is an actual scam going around, as opposed to a joke someone made up and posted to Reddit.

[NCLefty]

27. These people have zero cents. 😎

"I'm sorry, sir. Your currency lost the 2020 election and no longer has any value."

[keithbvadu2]

28. Now we can donate to the Trump/GOP fundraisers. And buy Trump merch.

Now we can donate to the Trump/GOP fundraisers.

And buy Trump merch.

If not serial numbered, just Xerox them.

[keep_left]

29. Wow, this is beyond dumb. It reminds me of the idiotic Iraqi Dinar scam...

...that some of the Q fanatics were obsessed with. That scam is best explained by the hosts of the Chapo Trap House show. You have to hear it to believe it.

[Buns_of_Fire]

30. But will they be honored at McDonald's and KFC?

Even if I order the Extra-Trumpy Double-Scoop Combo with an extra bucket of Secret Trumpy Sauce?

[TalenaGor]

31. i wonder if depositing fake money is a felony

then the stupidest among them cant vote anymore :snicker:

[KS Toronado]

32. Well I hope donnie makes a ton of money off his scam

I'm sure Putler is gonna charge him a ton of money to sneak him out of this country
shortly before his Life-in-Prison term starts.

[agingdem]

33. any idiot that falls for this scam

deserves to be fleeced...no sympathy here...

[Vinca]

34. You could sell these people official Trump turds and get rich off the scheme.

[Kid Berwyn]

37. "Were in this together."

Not surprised.

[FakeNoose]

38. Idiot ChumpHumpers will buy these "TrumpBucks" for souvenirs

They'll just frame them and hang them from the rearview mirror on their pickup truck ... or something. It's stupid to call them "legal tender," so I'm sure the lawyers have a work-around.

Whenever ChumpHumpers buy these things (with real hard-earned cash) there will be some fine print text telling them it's all fake, and nobody will read it.

[Delphinus]

39. How can

this even be a thing? Jeezus.

[Effete Snob]

41. There's no evidence that it is a thing

However, someone posts a picture to social media, and people reflexively believe it to be true. This thread demonstrates that principle.

[bif]

40. Is this from The Onion?

[Effete Snob]

42. No, but it doesn't appear to have any connection to verifiable reality either

Someone posts a picture to social media, and other people reflexively believe it is true if it suits their biases.

Here, one is asked to believe that this is an actual scam being perpetrated somewhere. It's a couple of pictures with zero indication of where the pictures came from, zero evidence that the information was posted anywhere linking to a way to actually be a victim of the scam, and zero indication that anyone has "fallen" for the scam.

But, because the images provide a cost-free way to feel intellectually and morally superior to others, people accept it as true and mock the imagined targets of the so-called scam.

There is zero reason to believe the posted images have any connection to any verifiable reality, which is the irony of the apparent reflexive belief in social media postings, reflected by the reaction of others in this thread.

[scipan]

53. I can't find any confirmation that this is a thing either.

You're right.

[brooklynite]

45. Don't they distrust paper "fiat" currency?

[Elwood P Dowd]

50. For those folks there are Trump gold coins. Only $19.98 for a pack of 3.

?v=1571720679

[Chainfire]

47. I would like to encourage conservatives to buy up all of the outstanding bills.

It sounds like a wonderful investment to me!

[Pluvious]

51. We know it's written by a MAGAt ... they misspelt "its"

Sad