Do you remember the "Fund the Wall" campaign started by a triple amputee navy war veteran?
Did you realize it was a scam from the beginning?
Mike Stathis did.
Some might recall when Mike exposed Brian Kolfage’s “Fund the Wall” scam in early 2019, just as it was getting national attention.
In fact, in the link below you will hear that Mike stated that he sent a warning to Kolfage via email.
Mike also stated he would be notifying several federal agencies regarding Kolfage’s scam in early 2019. Mike followed through with this promise.
Thus, it is fair to assume that Mike may have been at least partially responsible for helping to get Kolfage, Bannon and others indicted in the "Fund the Wall" scam.
Mike was absolutely convinced that Kolfage was running a scam from day one. Among the many points in this audio, Mike discussed how Kolfage was using a politically charged agenda in order to make money for himself in addition to directly scamming donors.
You can hear the conviction in his voice as well as his choice of words when he spoke about Kolfage and his scam.
See Mike Discusses the Fund the Wall GoFundMe Scam
Note: if you fell for this scam you're probably going to face many problems in the future and perhaps for the rest of your life because there will be endless scams like this using the same simple psychology and tactics targeting the same the same type of audience, whether it's slanted towards conservatives or liberals.
Mike's anger and choice of words in the impromptu and unedited audio reflects his level of disgust when spotting a fraudster trying to steal from the public.
Those familiar with Mike and his work know that he's commitment to protect the public from fraud and scammers. And he has sacrificed hundreds of millions of dollars in lost compensation for this work.
In the January 2019 audio, Mike also discussed the scam company known as GoFundMe, which he had previously exposed.
See Mike Discusses the Fund the Wall GoFundMe Scam
You'll note that Mike even predicted Kolfage would later release a book in order to exploit the large audience of suckers who fell for his "Fund the Wall" scam.
Although Kolfage didn't release a book, he leveraged his audience to sell coffee which is the same thing. Most likely if he had not been exposed he would have released a ghostwritten book catering to low-IQ "patriots."
Fast forward nearly two years later and Mike's claim about Kolfage and his "Fund the Wall" campaign has been proven to be correct.
Note that no one else detected this scam, at least from the onset.
Are you noticing a trend here?
Mike’s track record in detecting scams and scam artists remains unblemished.
Once you consider his world-leading investment analysis track record, it's easy to see that Mike Stathis is one to pay very close attention to.
Some of you might be confused why Mike would divert a great deal of time and effort towards exposing scams and scam artists given that his primary focus is on investment analysis and forecasting.
The answer is simple. Prudent investing involves many components. First, you must have a basic understanding of certain things. Next, you must know who and what to avoid because the media is filled with lies, disinformation, manipulation, scams and scam artists.
If you fall for disinformation and scam artists, you will never become a successful investor, even when armed with the world’s best investment research.
If you're not spotting scams and scam artists early on, you're going to lose lots of money, waste lots of time and have your life hijacked in various ways, whether it's from falling for gold and silver scams, the libertarian cult, alt-right scam, the tea party scam, FIRE movement scam, the “end the Fed” scam and countless cryptocurrency scams, or falling for the tens of thousands of scammers (most of which have already been exposed by Mike) who continue to dupe naive people.
At the end of the day, it boils down to judgment. If you’re constantly being taken by lies and bullshit, your judgment is going to be impaired.
And if your judgment is impaired you aren’t going to make good investment decisions. In fact, you aren't going to make good decisions period.
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