Truth Social Users Are Losing Huge Sums To Scammers

Gizmodo reports:

Gizmodo submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the FTC for consumer complaints about Truth Social filed in the past two years. The complaints to the federal agency include some stories from people who say they got signed up for mailing lists they never wanted to be on in the first place. But the complaints about scams are the most shocking, if only because there are such large sums of money involved.

One person who says they lost $170,000 explained they were initially scammed on a different site but met someone on Truth Social who claimed they could help get their money back. That turned out to be a scam as well. But more often, the victims are first contacted on Truth Social before being told to take the conversation somewhere else, like WhatsApp. Truth Social seems to be a target-rich environment for people who are easy to con.

Read the full article. Hit the link to read (and probably, enjoy) the verbatim complaints to the FTC of losses to scammers, some of which are in the hundreds of thousands of dollars each. Some of the complaints will make you marvel at the Truth Social users’ stupidity.

Truth Social Users Are Losing Ridiculous Sums of Money to Scams – Gizmodo https://t.co/ZvqEyrWlP4

— DL Hughley (@RealDLHughley) October 5, 2024