Trump supporters are trying to trick people into voting by text. (You can’t vote by text.)

Donald Trump supporters have come up with a new way to try to suppress support for Hillary Clinton this November: posting fake advertisements on Twitter telling people to vote by text.

Theoretical physicist Robert McNees collected a few examples on Twitter, most coming from an account that is known for posting racist, sexist, and homophobic tweets:

Two of the three ads in the examples seem to target minority voters, with one of the ads written entirely in Spanish. (It says essentially the same thing as the English ads.)

One ad says, “Avoid the line. Vote from home. Text ‘Hillary’ to 59925.” It’s clearly designed to look like an actual Clinton ad — it even says “Paid for by Hillary for President 2016.”

Similar fake ads have been circulating for a few weeks, with a previous version telling Clinton supporters they can vote online.

For the record, you cannot vote by text or online. But the risk here is obvious: Some people may not know that you can’t vote by text or online, see the fake ads, try to vote from home, and never have their actual votes counted. If the ads mostly reach Clinton supporters, then that could benefit Trump. It’s a pretty nefarious scheme.

This isn’t the only way Trump supporters are apparently aiming to stop Clinton voters from reaching the polls. Previously, Trump supporters told the Boston Globe that they plan to intimidate nonwhite voters on Election Day.

On the other hand, the account posting the fake advertisements is fairly small and obscure — so chances are it’s not having much of a reach. The risk is someone with a bigger audience trying the same idea.

But so far Twitter has not taken action on these tweets. (They were still up last time I checked.) McNees said Twitter told him in an email that the fake ads don’t violate the platform’s terms of service — which is obviously very concerning.

Watch: How Donald Trump thinks about foreign policy

Will you support Vox’s explanatory journalism?

Most news outlets make their money through advertising or subscriptions. But when it comes to what we’re trying to do at Vox, there are a couple of big issues with relying on ads and subscriptions to keep the lights on:

First, advertising dollars go up and down with the economy. We often only know a few months out what our advertising revenue will be, which makes it hard to plan ahead.

Second, we’re not in the subscriptions business. Vox is here to help everyone understand the complex issues shaping the world — not just the people who can afford to pay for a subscription. We believe that’s an important part of building a more equal society. And we can’t do that if we have a paywall.

So even though advertising is still our biggest source of revenue, we also seek grants and reader support. (And no matter how our work is funded, we have strict guidelines on editorial independence.)

If you also believe that everyone deserves access to trusted high-quality information, will you make a gift to Vox today? Any amount helps.

One-Time Monthly Annual

$5/month

$10/month

$25/month

$50/month

Other

$

Yes, I'll give $5/month

Yes, I'll give $5/month

We accept credit card, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. You can also contribute via