Truth Social users say they’ve been scammed out of massive amounts of cash

Users of Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social have reportedly been scammed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to newly released consumer complaints.

Accounts obtained by Gizmodo through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the FTC reveal a large number of elderly supporters of the former president have apparently fallen foul of such schemes.

Truth Social is described as “America’s ‘Big Tent’ social media platform that encourages an open, free, and honest global conversation.” The platform, which was launched by the former president in February 2022 boasts around two million users.

Among the individual scam complaints published by Gizmodo was a person in their 60s, who said they lost as much as $500,000 to scammers on the site and seemed to think there might be a way they could get their money back.

“After I pay this they promise there will be no more fees and I will receive my assets,” part of the person’s claim, published by Gizmodo, read.

Another said they lost $170,000 after having been initially scammed on a different site but met someone on Truth Social who claimed they could help get their money back – which was also a scam.

In a wide number of cases, the FOIA found, victims were contacted first on Truth Social before being told to take the conversation somewhere else, like WhatsApp.

Many of the cases – especially among older users – were so-called “romance scams.”

One individual, a 72-year-old man, reported chatting with a “beautiful” woman on the site before being scammed out of $21,000. According to his complaint he did not tell his wife about the “blunder.”

Another, in their 60s, wrote, per Gizmodo: “I got involved with [redacted] through Truth Social which turned out to