RNC Sends Scam “Payment Incomplete” Money Begs

The New York Times reports:

A new favorite tactic of the Republican National Committee has been making it appear as if supporters have urgent and overdue bills. “WARNING: Payment Incomplete” has been the sender line of more than 15 party emails since August, including one just before Thanksgiving. (A warning this week was about membership status as “Trump Social Media Founding Supporter.”)

The day after Mr. O’Rourke’s announcement, the Republican governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, sent an email to supporters who had not ordered anything, using “Your Order Confirmation” as the sender and “Order ID: 73G526S” as the subject line. (The email was an effort to sell “Let’s Go Brandon” wrapping paper, which references a popular conservative phrase that has become a stand-in for an insult aimed at President Biden.)

Good @ShaneGoldmacher read on the growing absurdity of the online political fundraising racket, where some emails range from the merely tacky, to the outright fraudulent. With special warning to would-be @BetoORourke supporters.https://t.co/Ys8pUf3N8I

— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) November 26, 2021