A pro-MAGA website that urged supporters to fund a database unmasking Charlie Kirk critics took tens of thousands in crypto—then vanished, infuriating donors.

The site, Expose Charlie’s Murderers, launched hours after the assassination of the right-wing influencer, 31, in September. It promised a searchable trove of names and workplaces for “the largest firing operation in history,” according to Drop Site’s review of the now-offline project.

The site listed six crypto wallets and raised more than $30,000 between Sept. 12 and 14 before repeatedly going dark, resurfacing as the “Charlie Kirk Data Foundation,” and disappearing again, Drop Site reported.

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    The donors are not actually infuriated. They knew that the site was run by scum … All of Kirk’s retrospective supporters are big fat liars … but still the donors are hoping to get some sympathy, hoping you’ll forget that they don’t have an ounce of empathy.

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    MAGAts are just so damn gullible. They fell for the same thing with Bannon’s Trump Wall donations and then he vanished with the money. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice …

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      I wanna make a site that promises the same shit, then let people donate a bunch collect all their info, then accidentally leak everything, showing who these fascist are that donate to shit like this.

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        Don’t sell the data. Make a site and grift. Shut down that site, create another grifting site and directly contact people who already gave you money. No need to cold call.

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          This is why one of the most valuable things scammers have are lists of people who have fallen for their scams. Getting out of the business? Sell it. Need more money? Do another run

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        I mean you could but I doubt anyone would care enough to have any meaningful impact on these peoples lives. Idk maybe I’m wrong.

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          Not in this administration, but hopefully the next will lock up the more egregious offenders and this could just be one more nail in their figurative coffin.

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            Seeing what the democrats have been doing in the past, do you think that’s even realistic to assume they would pursue something like that? I hard doubt they would.

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              The old school style ones, no. But I’m hoping more and more progressives take up positions within the party, and - along with those older ones dying off - transform it to what it should have been for some time now. To me, the positive attention Mamdani’s been getting across the country shows there’s a good chance for that to happen.

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          If the data gets around I bet it could hurt their relationships with family and friends. Yeah, no legal consequences, but probably social ones.

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      I’ve been saying for years that with my skillset, I could easily be a millionaire if my pesky ethics didn’t get in the way.

      And instead, here I am, every month, deciding cat food is more important than my own food.

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        Hey, on the chance you aren’t joking, most food banks I’m familiar with serve everyone, no questions. Well they might ask how many in your household to make sure to give you enough food.

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        Let’s be fair, it’s because you can hear their tiny, insistent voices in your head, slinking their purring opinions along your trail of thought as you weigh the options mid-aisle… Clever li’l devils, and precious idiots, all. 😅🤪

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      Like those 4patriots over priced survival kits and power stations. Ha ha. What a ripoff.

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        Something like this has happened like 20 times that im aware of since the whole maga bullshit started. I’m beginning to think no idea is too stupid to work.

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          The problem comes down to knowing how to speak their language in such a way as to manipulate them. Problem is that for many such actions are vile to no end, or are so against their fundamental cultural, philosophical, or religious tenants so as to be completely repulsive on instinct.

          I may be a bastard but I ain’t that type of bastard and I won’t sully my name for for such a pitance.

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    This is an outrage, and shady as fuck, and these scammers need to be hunted down to face justice.

    If you’re a MAGA faithful who has been ripped off by these charlatans, I have some sophisticated tracking software that uses quantum AI to uncover scam tracks. Just send me a private message with your credit card number, expiry date, and the three numbers on the back, and I will take care of things.

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    A pro-MAGA website that urged supporters to fund a database unmasking Charlie Kirk critics took tens of thousands in crypto—then vanished, infuriating donors.

    It’s technically a crime, but somehow I don’t feel sorry for the victims.

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      IKR? That’s what boggles the mind. I best most wingers, even some of the terminally online, didn’t know or GAF about this guy before he got shot. And now they are all butthurt about a dude they didn’t even know before…

      As I’ve said before, when he got shot, I cannot count how many times someone in my life asked, “Charlie who?” or later said they had no idea who he even was…he had 3.8 million followers, which sounds like a lot, but many of those could be bots (there are entire systems to get “followers” that you can buy in various places). We have no idea if those numbers reflect actual people and that’s worldwide.

      2x that number showed up to No Kings last weekend. That’s real people, in person and in one country. For the people carrying this weird torch for some Nazi influencer…someone needs to sit them down and tell them to stop trying to make “Kirk” happen. They can make statues and name streets after him, but seriously? No one is really going to remember much about this guy…

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        Totally agree. As a comparsion, I would say he’s close in popularity to Hasan Piker on the left who has 3 million followers.

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    I have a hyper intelligent A.I tracking software to find these swindlers. If you wanna sighn up, it’s only 100 dollars.

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    Wait – a right-wing org used their ideology to fleece people?!?

    I am shocked.

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        Where was my assumption, friend?

        Was it not a right wing org, or did they not defraud people? Because both were made pretty clear in the article.

        Point to where my comment touched you.

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          I was implying (like a number of other comments here) that anyone could accomplish similar. Simmer, kitten. Your roar is totally scary. Trust.

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            I think people assumed you were throwing out a conspiracy theory in support of MAGA rather than just saying anyone can grift. Honestly kinda funny if they weren’t right wing

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              That’s what I get for commenting half-awake. I was vibing on the influx of comments ~“if it weren’t for my morals…”, etc. 🙇🏼‍♂️🥹🤷🏼‍♂️

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                It’s fine, we’re good. Sorry for coming out with the claws, I thought you were a MAGA troll. I also shouldn’t post drunk.

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    Fuck, most normal Americans who are presented with things that Kirk has actually said would be “critics”.