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Donald Trump’s fundraising campaign has been accused of duping supporters into making repeated donations as it accumulated a massive war chest in the run-up to the presidential election.
The key to the operation was the small print in the fundraising emails sent out by the Trump campaign and WinRed, the company that processed the donations.
A box making the donations recurring, rather than a one-off, was ticked in advance – authorising the campaign to continue taking money. It led to a flood of additional donations but also hit supporters with sizeable credit card bills they were not expecting.
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How Trump campaign fooled supporters to raise money
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Last Updated: Apr 04, 2021, 11:19 AM IST
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The tactic ensnared scores of unsuspecting Trump loyalists retirees, military veterans, nurses and even experienced political operatives.
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Stacy Blatt was in hospice care last September listening to Rush Limbaugh’s dire warnings about how badly Donald Trump’s campaign needed money when he went online and chipped in everything he could: $500.
It was a big sum for a 63-year-old battling cancer and living in Kansas City on less than $1,000 per month. But that single contribution federal records show it was his first ever quickly multiplied. Another $500 was withdrawn the next day, then $500 the next week and every week through mid-October, without his knowledge until Blatt’s bank account had been depleted and frozen. When his utility and rent payments bounced, he called his brother, Russell Blatt, for help.