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A new report has published detailed complaints from users of former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social app describing how they were fleeced by the site’s hordes of scammers — including some who lost six-figure sums. According to Gizmodo’ tech reporter Matt Novak — who filed a Freedom of Information Act request to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) seeking complaints about scams on Truth Social — many of the app’s users fell victim to a scam known as “pig butchering.” That type of scam involves a grifter winning the trust of a mark, persuading them to invest in a questionable money-making sc…

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