Did a Twitter User Scam MAGA Fans Out of Thousands of Dollars?
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/11/twitter-user-supposedly-scams-maga-fans-out-of-thousands.html
Over the past few months, the conservative sections of social media have become fixated on the #WalkAway campaign, urging Democrats and minorities to take off their blinders and join the Republican party. Late last month, it seemed that the Republican party had added a black college student named Quran to its ranks.
She tweeted, I will not hide any longer,, the left has made us feel as if us black republicans should hide!! but not anymore!! #BlacksForTrump #WalkAway #maga and attached a photo of herself in a red bucket hat emblazoned with the famous Make America Great Again slogan.
To make ends meet, Quran set up a GoFundMe, asking for financial support from her newfound Republican fanbase.
f you can find it in your hearts to help this young, black republican pay for school it would be appreciated 🇺🇸, she tweeted. According to subsequent tweets, she ordered a new iPhone XS Max. She had apparently raised enough money for my tuition, rent, and 17 iphones [sic] now.
And then the tables turned. Less than three hours after claiming to have been disowned by her family, Quran revealed that the text messages and the MAGA hat were a ruse to scam desperate, insecure Republicans.