Trump Bucks scam - just how stupid are these people??

[Erroll 49]

I have said this before, but I still cannot believe how stupid these imbeciles are!

 

Trump Bucks SCAM Exposed DESTROYING Life Savings MAGA Followers

[ryoder 1,380]

No sympathy here.

[airdvr 197]

W.C Fields was right...

[billvon 2,379]

If you are a scammer looking for easy marks, there is no better list of marks than a list of Trump supporters.

[jakee 1,254]

There's no easier mark than a greedy person. They're getting scammed into thinking they are going to be scamming the system.

"a Bank of America spokesperson said the company has heard from employees about several people trying to exchange the worthless bills for significantly larger amounts of cash than they spent to buy them."

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-supporters-scammed-out-of-thousands-trump-bucks-report-2023-5?r=US&IR=T

[JerryBaumchen 1,046]

2 hours ago, Erroll said:

I have said this before, but I still cannot believe how stupid these imbeciles are!

 

Trump Bucks SCAM Exposed DESTROYING Life Savings MAGA Followers

Hi Errol,

While most things in life have limits, IMO there is no limit to their stupidity.

Jerry Baumchen

[kallend 1,619]

Most recent poll I've seen shows 42% of Americans having a favorable view of Trump.

Depressing to think that so many have a favorable view of an adulterous lying grifter.  What an indictment of our society.

[Phil1111 903]

19 hours ago, billvon said:

If you are a scammer looking for easy marks, there is no better list of marks than a list of Trump supporters.

Oh but to have a full copy of trump's MAGA supporters mailing/phone list. Untold billions in marketing opportunity awaits.

Everything from trump bobbleheads, reverse ageing pills, the carburetor that oil companies don't want you to own, anti-WOKE pills for your spouses-neighbors, the college degree in a pill, etc.

Edited May 31, 2023 by Phil1111

[airdvr 197]

I'm thinking it might have some value as a collectible down the road.

[wolfriverjoe 1,339]

9 minutes ago, airdvr said:

I'm thinking it might have some value as a collectible down the road.

Why?

To commemorate the first former president going to prison?

Or as a 'true crime' collectible when he gets convicted of fraud?

[airdvr 197]

Either.  Nazi memorabilia has a lot of value too.

[SkyDekker 1,119]

1 hour ago, airdvr said:

Either.  Nazi memorabilia has a lot of value too.

Yes, for nazis.

[JerryBaumchen 1,046]

4 hours ago, Phil1111 said:

Oh but to have a full copy of trump's MAGA supporters mailing/phone list. Untold billions in marketing opportunity awaits.

Everything from trump bobbleheads, reverse ageing pills, the carburetor that oil companies don't want you to own, anti-WOKE pills for your spouses-neighbors, the college degree in a pill, etc.

Hi Phil,

Here is a start:  Jan. 6 rioters are raking in thousands in donations. Now the US is coming after their haul - ABC News (go.com)

Jerry Baumchen

[airdvr 197]

One of Adolf Hitler’s watches has just fetched over a million dollars in a private auction.

The watch was sold by Alexander Historical Auctions in Maryland for $1.1 million (€1.07 million) to an anonymous bidder, and is believed to be a gift, given to Hitler for his 44th birthday on 20 April 1933.

The Andreas Huber reversible watch is engraved with three dates around a Swastika - Hitler’s birth date, the date he became Chancellor and the day the Nazi party won the election in March 1933.

[billvon 2,379]

4 hours ago, airdvr said:

Either.  Nazi memorabilia has a lot of value too.

Yep.  Clarence Thomas's sugar daddy has a huge collection:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/08/clarence-thomas-supreme-court-harlan-crow-hitler-memorabilia

And to think that that collector is the one with the (financial) leash on the Supreme Court.

[jakee 1,254]

I remember an episode of some con artist / heist tv show where they were working for a guy who collected original paintings by Hitler. The assumption was that the guy was a creepy white supremacist asshole, but the twist was that whenever he ‘collected’ one he burned it in order to remove it from the world. 
 

Buuuuut real life tends to be more straightforward. I doubt the right wing power broker Mr Crow is burning his collection. 

[kallend 1,619]

A college friend of mine had a large Nazi banner on the wall in his college room in Cambridge.

Apparenty it came from one of  Hitler's lairs.

Was he a Nazi or white supremacist? 

No, his father was Arthur Tedder, Eisenhower's deputy for Overlord, and his godfather was Dwight D. Eisenhower.  The flag was presented to his father by the troops who "liberated" it.

Dr. Richard Tedder is now  professor and head of Department  of Virology at University of London.  I expect he still has the banner.

[SkyDekker 1,119]

31 minutes ago, kallend said:

A college friend of mine had a large Nazi banner on the wall in his college room in Cambridge.

Apparenty it came from one of  Hitler's lairs.

Was he a Nazi or white supremacist? 

No, his father was Arthur Tedder, Eisenhower's deputy for Overlord, and his godfather was Dwight D. Eisenhower.  The flag was presented to his father by the troops who "liberated" it.

Dr. Richard Tedder is now  professor and head of Department  of Virology at University of London.  I expect he still has the banner.

My father has a medal that was awarded to my great-grandfather by Hitler himself. He also has a letter from the Queen allowing my great-grandfather to accept the medal since it was for services rendered to The Netherlands. Unfortunately we do not know anything more about the background.