The Trump campaign scammed donors with pre-checked boxes and recurring weekly donations

The Trump campaign implemented a simple yet effective scam by pre-checking boxes on their online donation forms, authorizing recurring weekly donations from unsuspecting donors. This resulted in people's bank accounts being depleted as they unknowingly gave money to the campaign every week. The pre-checked boxes started with monthly donations and eventually escalated to weekly donations until November 3rd. In addition, there was a second box authorizing an extra one-time $100 donation on September 29th. The messages were designed with yellow backgrounds and text heavy boxes, making them difficult to read and increasing the chances of donors unknowingly agreeing to the recurring donations.