Mark Cuban is warning people to be careful of scammers and grifters on X after the Trump assassination attempt
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- Mark Cuban says scammers are out and trying their luck after the Trump rally shooting.
- Tragic events often make it easy for bad actors to "make things worse and grift," Cuban said.
- Cuban reposted a thread by AI startup founder Josh Olin, which listed several fundraising scams on X.
Billionaire "Shark Tank" investor Mark Cuban is warning people to be careful of scams and grifts in the wake of the shooting in Pennsylvania that saw former President Donald Trump wounded and one man killed.
"I know some people may say it's not the right time to share this. But, I don't think anyone disagrees that there are a lot of bots and fake accounts on social media," Cuban wrote on X on Sunday.
"When tragedy and horrific events like the assassination attempt on former President Trump happens, it brings out these accounts to make things worse and grift," he added.
Cuban was commenting on a Sunday thread from X user Josh Olin, founder of AI firm WeGPT.ai. In his X thread, Olin said he'd found multiple instances of scammers posting fake fundraising pages for people hurt in the Trump rally shooting.
The billionaire declined to comment.
There is a Trump-backed GoFundMe fundraiser for victims of the rally shooting, which raised over $1 million within hours.
"This Trump attack has already profited scammers, largely sponsored by China and Russia, millions from various grifts right here on X," Olin wrote on Sunday.
Cuban, for his part, praised Olin, saying that he'd done a "good job" identifying some scammers who were trying to profit from tragedy.
Cuban, who has publicly backed President Joe Biden for a second term, wrote on X that after the shooting, he was glad Trump was safe.
"And let's hope they catch the idiot who did this. This is not the way," Cuban wrote right after news of the shooting broke on Saturday evening. "And thank you to the Secret Service who put themselves in harms way to protect the former President."
Trump was seen ducking for cover after gunshots were fired at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. The former president then emerged from cover with blood on his face and was seen pumping his fist in the air defiantly before being ushered off the rally stage.
The 20-year-old suspect in Saturday's assassination attempt has been named.
A man killed in the shooting has also been identified as Corey Comperatore, a former fire chief.