With a lie on social media and a little … political theatricality, he raised $ 150,000.
A young woman in the US caused a sensation revealing that she pretended to be a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, just to repay her student debt.
Herself, known on the internet as princess q or @chckpeas, used the social media to set up a well -organized fraud, which brought her about $ 150,000 – Enough to complete her studies and start a career in Los Angeles.
A tweet, a hat, and the beginning of fraud
It all started in 2018, when the young man posted a photo of her wearing Maga hat (Make America Great Again), publicly stating that it will no longer hide as’Trump’s black supporter” She claimed that her parents renounced her and cut off her studies because of her political attitude.
Soon, he created Gofundme page and called ‘polite supporters of freedom»To help her pay the tuition fees. Donations began arriving in waves by Trump supporters who wanted to “support the different voice“
The Great Revelation: Everything was a lie
Later, speaking to the magazine Elleshe admitted that she was never a maga fan. The whole story was a well -built farce. Its purpose, he said, was to provoke a debate ahead of the 2018 elections and to satirize both the political climate and another black girl who had emerged as “phenomenon“
In fact, he claimed that never returned the moneyjust said it to protect against critics and ‘curious»Chasing her online.
‘Thanks to the Trumpy, I have forgotten’
In her recent post, the Princess q She publicly thanked Trump supporters who helped her end her debt studies, move to Los Angeles and build a career in marketing and social media.
Although her intentions were misleading from the outset, she claims that ‘fraud»She illuminated her the problems of society: exorbitant student debts, low basic salary and hypocrisy of political polarization.
