Trump licensed his name to scammers who sold a hole in the ground for $125,000.

[DetlefK]

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/05/cnn-blows-the-lid-off-a-trump-scam-that-got-family-to-pay-400000-for-a-literal-hole-in-the-ground/

In her report, Burnett talked with a woman named Sandra Sapol, who in 2006 bought a condo at what was supposed to be a new Trump-branded property called the Trump Ocean Resort Baja Mexico.

Sapol said that a woman selling condos at the resort met with her and showed her brochures of what the resort would look like — and they came complete with an endorsement from Trump himself that guaranteed people would have “the time of their lives” at his new resort.

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But the resort was never built and Sapol lost all the money she invested. On the site of where the hotel was supposed to be constructed is a giant hole in the ground — and nothing more.

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Burnett went on to explain how the people selling the condos were using Trump’s brand under a licensing deal under which they misled buyers into believing they were buying property directly from Trump himself.

[mr_lebowski]

1. Despicable story, of course. However, they actually lost $125K and all you have to do is watch

the clip that Raw Story is reporting on, it's very clear what the Sapol's lost ... was their $125k deposit.

$418K I believe they said was the total cost of the purchase, but only the deposit was ever paid.

Not that it matters much, cause 125K is still a HUGE amount of money to just ... lose ... but c'mon RS ... all you do is destroy your credibility with bullshit like this. Very irresponsible.

[spanone]

2. K&R...Saw that report on cnn this am.....scammer don

[Midnightwalk]

3. Things that make you go Wuhhht?

Burnett went on to explain how the people selling the condos were using Trump’s brand under a licensing deal under which they misled buyers into believing they were buying property directly from Trump himself.

As is buying directly from Trump would have been safer?

[ProudLib72]

4. Reminds me of the cartoon...

The Rump is, obviously, the "big fat goon".