Trucker Protest Movement Taken Over By Text Message ‘Scammers’

Last year’s trucker convoy protests threatened to storm into the nation’s capital, but ended with a whimper in May as the group disbanded amid intense infighting. However, in recent days, the movement was reawakened by text message “scammers” calling for the truckers to join a multi-level marketing scheme. 


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Wow! It’s another Scamway for Suckers!

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“SAD that many may be dooped,” they wrote. Don’t be dooped, people. Or doped.

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Grifters know all too well that rightwing types are absolute suckers for this bullshit, especially if you appeal to their political tribalism ("…if you act now, I’ll share one more secret those fatcats in Washington don’t want you to know about!").

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Kudos to MyDailyChoice. They found their target market with one weird trick.

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questionable products including brain pillsand dietary supplements.

Nothing I see there that sounds suspicious

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Few years ago at a swap meet, a man was selling belt buckles that read, “If you ain’t a trucker, you ain’t shit”. Ah, such poetry. Classy guys.

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  1. “People’s” Convoy? Yeah, right. The “people” don’t own big rigs.
  2. “Gas prices”? Since when did these semi tractors stop burning diesel?
  3. Newsflash! The whole Covid Convoy thing was always a scam.
  4. Whatever became of the secret powder that you just add to water and it makes gasoline? Much better than just some “additive”, right?

Folks on the right wing gravitate to the “rubes & marks” end of the spectrum. And one political party has taken ruthless advantage of them. Along with all the usual suspects, of course.

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I’d only question the timing they describe. Seems like “started as” might be more appropriate.

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text message “scammers” calling for the truckers to join a multi-level marketing scheme.

This is perfect karma, America-style.

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They forgot the sex toyz: truckers that drive around senselessly protesting things they don’t understand ain’t gonna bite on essential oils unless they can smear 'em on something or other.

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If I doop up a guy, does that mean I first covered my hand in sheep dip?

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May the fleecing be merciless and swift.

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Very niche of this Zwagil fellow to target the truckers directly instead of the usual way it is done, which is through ads on right wing talk radio. It’s so easy to get overlooked amid all those ads for goldbugs, catheters, Trumpy Bears, and monster truck jams.

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In offerings later this year, I bet they offer plans for a device the rubes can make themselves for only $199! The onboard device pre-heats your automobile fuel, hot fuel is more explosive, thus drivers can get 80 to 100 mpg! Detroit doesn’t want people to know it, so nobody wants to go up against them. Makes sense, right?
Get these plans now, while you still can!!

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Pobrecitos!! 🥲

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I don’t know how, as Christians-because you know 90+% identify as them- these scammers reconcile these grifts. I guess I should ask Creflo Dollar or our local favorite from back in the day, “Rev” Robert Tilton.

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So, by the rules of simple logic, if you are a trucker, then you could be shit.

(No disrespect intended to the many dedicated transportation workers out there.)

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“The affiliate sales business model, which is also known as multi-level marketing, is not illegal. However, it is viewed by many experts as a scam.”

Betsy De Vos is probably at the top of this pyramid. It’s her turf.

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The truckers are just mad others are moving on their marks…

“Hey, theses are our idiots to grift!”

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