A little bit of larceny from the GOP WINRED PAC

Politics & Elections
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A “survey” from WINRED floated up against my spam filter, and I decided to have a little fun with them:

Who are YOU going to vote for, friend: President Trump or Kamala Harris?

So I filled out their silly questions & checked “No, I cannot contribute at this time.” A box popped up showing GooglePay had been charged $0.00. Great!

Except one second later I got a text from my MasterCard showing a $100 payment to WINRED:

“Citi Alert: Card ending in ____ was not present for a $100.00 transaction at WINRED* NRSC 5C35”

Oh, those dirty, dirty dogs! [The charge has already been disputed – they won’t get a dime from me]

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That sounds like criminal activity by WINRED.
Also, I can’t imagine how they got your googlePay info.

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Yes, if it isn’t criminal it should be.

In order to “submit” your responses, you have to give them a GooglePay or credit card #.

And the pop-up from GooglePay said I was being charged $0.00. The message from Citi showed $100. Neat trick.

I suppose that’s what I get for poking the bear.

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Are you sure it’s not just a hold on the card?

Regardless, I can’t imagine giving out my credit card info just to mess with a survey. On the rare occasions that I do want to do something like that, I’ll stop if they even require an email address.

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[quote=“Joey_P, post:4, topic:1005270”]
Are you sure it’s not just a hold on the card?[/quote]

I guess I’ll find out if/when it posts.

I acknowledge that was a stupid thing to do. But I wonder how many of the MAGA faithful thought they were donating $5 or $8 and aren’t going to remember it when they get their credit card bills and are charged the “default” $100.

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But wait! There’s more! I just got back from walking the dog & this email was waiting for me:

Your recurring donation details

Recipient: NRSC and Trump National Committee JFC
Amount: $100

Name: XXXXXXXXXXXX
Address: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Date: 2024-08-05 16:28:31 UTC
onation ID: rv_ch_01j4hnsp79pr2h8m5fr79

You’ve opted to make your donation recur on a monthly basis. You can cancel your recurring donation at any time [here]

Your donation will show up in your bank account as WINRED.

Of course I never indicated a recurring donation, even for $0.00. Man, these guys are sleazy. And I know: I shouldn’t be surprised.

7

Any chance you missed an already-checked “Yes, charge me $100 each month in perpetuity because you aren’t observant enough to notice!”

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Here’s a web site to report fraud: