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The group even bought Facebook ads targeted at Conservative supporters, Devlin said.

haha. Our joke site had CPC fans donating 2 @pmharper 4 election crime. He blocks site 2 prevent his peeps from givn shd.ca/fraud —

shitharperdid.com (@shitharperdid) September 21, 2015

The hoax put the spotlight on Del Mastro just as Prime Minister Stephen Harper was paying a visit to the MP’s former Peterborough, Ont. riding on Monday.

Del Mastro was sentenced in June to one month in jail and four months of house arrest.

Michael Sona, also mentioned on the “Conservative Legacy Fund” site, was sentenced to nine months in prison and 12 months of probation after he was found guilty in 2014 for his role in the robocalls scandal that directed thousands of opposition supporters in Guelph, Ont. to the wrong polling booth. (The candidate for whom Sona was the director of communications in the 2011 elections lost, despite the robocalls).

“Dean Del Mastro and Michael Sona both sacrificed their personal freedom to ensure Conservative victories in federal elections,” the hoax website said. “Not all those who sacrifice for the Conservative cause have access to the support they deserve,” it added, after noting that Michael Sona has no pension.

The webpage’s designer, Shane Ingals, said it was simple to pull off and only took about a day’s worth of work.

The Conservative Party would only confirm the website is not theirs, and did not provide any further comment to the Post.