A $400,000 lie. THE BIGGEST SCAM IN GOFUNDME HISTORY (2023 UPDATE)

A successful GoFundMe campaign that was launched to help a homeless vet get back on his feet spiraled out of control and into a federal investigation. Who was the mastermind behind the operation? And where did all the money go? In this video I’ll talk about the dark side of crowdfunding and how seemingly good intentions led to greed, lies, and fraud.

No one thinks they’ll fall for a scam. The people featured in these stories certainly didn’t. But the reality is, it can happen to anyone. Con artist will stop at nothing to steal your money or identity. And your best protection against them is being aware of them!

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[ahanna]

This is way I don't give money to people.

[froonamission]

Just think what people might accomplish if they put this kind of brainpower into something honest 🤔

[MegaSnake]

I love how they say he has to pay 25k restitution how he's bloody homeless lol

[Hulahoopvillian]

This is crazy people who lie get donations but peolle telling the truth dont get nothinf

[jacksonlee]

Jail time would be a good drug rehab program if you ask me.

[juanlee]

this is was the perfect scam. They got too greedy .. dumb

[montesa]

I need money to buy a house. I'm going homeless, then help someone who's car broke down.
Thank God for GoFundMe!

[cliffordhill]

This might be that 1 bad apple story which discourages others from supporting an honest cause in the future?

[opokuenockwhiteababio]

Hmm, stories like this make me sad. My mate in medical school created a go fund me page for me to help pay my tuition fee. We never achieved our goal and I have differed the program for now. Stories like these make people skeptical of helping genuine people. I wish you could investigate genuine cases like mine and bring it to the worlds attention as well. I Still need help to become a pediatric surgeon. Kindly help me, i believe people still have a heart to help a good course.