NBC News reports:
Con artists have been mining their disappointment over the last presidential election for gold. They’ve been peddling “Trump Bucks,” which are emblazoned with photos of the former president, and advertising them online as a kind of golden ticket that will help propel Trump’s 2024 bid and make the “real patriots” who support him rich when cashed in.
John Amann told NBC News he bought $2,200 worth of Trump Bucks and other items over the past year only to discover they were worthless when he tried to cash them in at his local bank. So he’s gone on Twitter to warn other Trump supporters not to fall for this scam.
Invest in a TRB membership card “issued by Donald Trump,” the ads from Patriots Dynasty, Patriots Future and USA Patriots claim, and the purchaser who spent, say, $99.99 on a “$10,000 Diamond Trump Bucks” bill will be able to cash it in for $10,000 at major banks and retailers like Walmart, Costco and Home Depot.
Read the full article. You WILL laugh. The woman pitching “Trump Diamond Bucks” in the video below has over five million subscribers on YouTube. The link in her clip sends you to the above-cited Patriots Future website.
‘Trump Bucks’ promise wealth for MAGA loyalty. Some lose thousands.@BrandyZadrozny @csiemaszko
https://t.co/xngaPyxT5e via @nbcnews— Tom Namako (@TomNamako) May 27, 2023
Alert if you purchased any of the TRB SYSTEMS ITEMS, YOU GOT SCAMMED. THE TRB VOUCHERS, DJT GOLDEN CHECKS, DJT DIAMOND CHECKS, TRB GOLDEN CHECKS have no monetary values they are COMMEMORATIVE ONLY.
— John Amann (@JohnAma34828664) February 3, 2023