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Some Trump Donors Get Fleeced By 3rd-Party Payment System

Posted by timothy on from the not-that-kind-of-3d-party dept.

According to an article in Maine's WMTW Channel 8, some Donald Trump supporters claim they've ended up giving more than they intended to this campaign, because a since-resolved "glitch" (according to campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks) meant they were charged multiple times. From the article: "Heather Nason of Saco told WMTW News 8 that her husband was one of the affected customers. ... Nason said a series of unauthorized charges appeared on her husband's bank statement days later. She said someone tried to make 13 withdrawals from her husband's account. After the first six charges went through, the account was almost empty."

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  1. Classic Spammer/Scammer tactic by Sarusa · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You go after people you know are stupid.

    1. Re:Classic Spammer/Scammer tactic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Actually, it's just an ordinary payment processor glitch that got turned into a media thing due to it happening to the Trump campaign. Similar things have happened to tons and tons of payment platforms enough such that this is hardly a noteworthy affair any more than someone's Windows PC crashing would be.

      Please note that, like most sane people, I have zero intention of voting for Trump. But this story is utter BS concocted by someone trying to score political points and it sounds foolish to anyone who knows how payment processors actually work.

  2. Re: Donors??? by ScentCone · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What do you call someone who knows the truth, but continues to misrepresent it or to say something that is not true?

    A "Clinton"

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  3. prophetic by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 3, Insightful

    i dont see what these people are upset about. i mean, this is just a vision of your future if trump were to be President. ;)

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