Woman fakes cancer, collects money from GFM

hellohkb · March 2015

What an ass. One of the only good reasons to support a GFM and this is what this woman does. Who knows how many other campaigns are fake.

http://fox59.com/2015/03/16/woman-fakes-breast-cancer-collects-thousands-from-supporters/

chibiyui · March 2015

lovesclimbing · March 2015

^^ that gif pretty much sums it up. I can't gif because I'm on mobile.

I bet there are a ton of fake Go Fund Me's out there. I would never give to a go fund me unless I knew the person or knew a person who knew the person. Maybe I'm too cynical but there a lot of people out there who try to take advantage of everyone else, sadly. As a result, I'm very very careful about what I give money to.

climbingsingle · March 2015

Not even kidding, I know of a girl I suspect is doing this right now. She's been known to fake illnesses. Right now she's raised over $7,000 so that she can go to Hawaii to pick out a spot for her ashes.

larrygaga · March 2015

I'm surprised it took this long

allispain · March 2015

climbingwife said:
Not even kidding, I know of a girl I suspect is doing this right now. She's been known to fake illnesses. Right now she's raised over $7,000 so that she can go to Hawaii to pick out a spot for her ashes.

I'm sorry - say what now? That's one I've never heard of before.

As for the original, not the first person I've read of to do something like that, and I'm sure won't be the last.

flutteringinfl · March 2015

I saw this on TV Saturday night. I honestly still can't believe someone could do this.

novella1186 · March 2015

climbingwife said:
Not even kidding, I know of a girl I suspect is doing this right now. She's been known to fake illnesses. Right now she's raised over $7,000 so that she can go to Hawaii to pick out a spot for her ashes.

Send her a link to this article. "Just a heads up, it's fraud and you'll be arrested." Ha.

My best friend was friends with a girl in college who was constantly telling huge lies for no apparent reason. She said her mom was in a terrible car accident and was totally brain dead and on life support. Everyone felt so bad and rallied around her. Then, miraculously, her mom woke up and was fine. And every time her boyfriend tried to break up with her, she was "pregnant." This girl was nuts. I seriously do not understand how people can go around telling huge lies. Just why? Also, fuck off.

southernbelle0915 · March 2015

That's AWFUL. She obviously needs help, but mentally - not financially. What the hell is wrong with people?

The curiosity in me wants someone to study people like this and answer the WHY? Because they can? Oh ok. Makes sense...

novella1186 · March 2015

I don't know why I just remembered this, but my cousin was dating a girl who had leukemia back when I was in college. I remember him being worried sick about her. She was the first girl he was ever really in love with, and I had never met her but I would think about what he would have to go through if she died and I would sit up at night and cry, and hope that she'd be ok.

She went into remission, he proposed, they got married, her cancer came back. At this point I had met her, and I really liked her. I felt even worse, and worried even more. My entire family was upset and hoping for the best for this poor woman and for my cousin. She was going out of town all the time for treatments and we were all sending her well-wishes and care packages and whatnot. It affected so many people. My poor, adorable grandmother would think about it and just start crying. She was a wreck over it sometimes.

She went into remission again, and came to one of our family reunions. We all celebrated with her, and were so so so happy for her and so relieved. But I noticed she was drinking a lot. Like, A LOT, and something seemed off. Things just weren't fitting together for me.

Several months later, I hear that they're getting divorced and I'm totally shocked. Come to find out, she never had cancer. Ever. It was all made up. When she was going out of town for treatments, she was actually seeing other guys and cheating on my cousin. When she was staying at cancer centers, she was actually in drug and alcohol rehab. She had been lying to him about it since the day they met.

Not only did it destroy him, my entire family had emotions wrapped up in this for YEARS. I can only imagine what the people close to her (aside from my cousins) had been through. It wasn't just a lie, it really fucking hurt a lot of people.

And not long after they went through the divorce, and after her brother called my cousin to say "I'm so glad you've finally seen her for what she is" and told him about all her drug issues and lying, she died of a drug overdose. The whole thing was just awful and sad. My cousin was never the same after that.

So this woman in the article-- it doesn't bother me as much that she was taking people's money based on fraud. It bothers me more that she fucked with so many people's emotions.

Maggie0829 · March 2015

flutteringinfl said:
I saw this on TV Saturday night. I honestly still can't believe someone could do this.

I can because people are fucking assholes who think that they are entitled to whatever they want regardless of how they go about getting it.

dcbride86 · March 2015

novella1186 said:
I don't know why I just remembered this, but my cousin was dating a girl who had leukemia back when I was in college. I remember him being worried sick about her. She was the first girl he was ever really in love with, and I had never met her but I would think about what he would have to go through if she died and I would sit up at night and cry, and hope that she'd be ok.

She went into remission, he proposed, they got married, her cancer came back. At this point I had met her, and I really liked her. I felt even worse, and worried even more. My entire family was upset and hoping for the best for this poor woman and for my cousin. She was going out of town all the time for treatments and we were all sending her well-wishes and care packages and whatnot. It affected so many people. My poor, adorable grandmother would think about it and just start crying. She was a wreck over it sometimes.

She went into remission again, and came to one of our family reunions. We all celebrated with her, and were so so so happy for her and so relieved. But I noticed she was drinking a lot. Like, A LOT, and something seemed off. Things just weren't fitting together for me.

Several months later, I hear that they're getting divorced and I'm totally shocked. Come to find out, she never had cancer. Ever. It was all made up. When she was going out of town for treatments, she was actually seeing other guys and cheating on my cousin. When she was staying at cancer centers, she was actually in drug and alcohol rehab. She had been lying to him about it since the day they met.

Not only did it destroy him, my entire family had emotions wrapped up in this for YEARS. I can only imagine what the people close to her (aside from my cousins) had been through. It wasn't just a lie, it really fucking hurt a lot of people.

And not long after they went through the divorce, and after her brother called my cousin to say "I'm so glad you've finally seen her for what she is" and told him about all her drug issues and lying, she died of a drug overdose. The whole thing was just awful and sad. My cousin was never the same after that.

So this woman in the article-- it doesn't bother me as much that she was taking people's money based on fraud. It bothers me more that she fucked with so many people's emotions.

This is so horrible. I genuinely can't imagine how awful that must have been for your family

Jells2dot0 · March 2015

EW.

This infuriates me. There are so many people in this world that do not deserve to get cancer and/or die from it. This spits in their faces.

opening a GFM account didn't even cross my mind during my treatment, but I am very fortunate to not need assistance. If someone opened one for me, I would have asked them to close it.

badbnagdway · March 2015

Honestly, there is something about the way that people ask for "a donation to my cause" that always rubs me the wrong way and is misleading. It's not the exclusive definition, but the word donation is generally associated with a gift to charity. A person, in and of themselves is not a charity. Charities, whether properly organized or not, are there to help more than one person. Charitable organizations do a lot of good in a lot of ways, including employing people, creating meaningful volunteer opportunities, helping the poor, providing education, etc. A GFM page gives money to one person.

WinstonsGirl · March 2015

On the topic of GFM's, Team Canada was asked to raise $1000 per athlete via GFM. The teams from my club who are going to Worlds asked about doing the same and our coach mentioned that Team Canada actually made very little and she didn't think it was worth trying. Made me smile a little cos I think athletes should be paying for this on their own. There are also lots of regular fundraising activities but lots of the athletes don't want to participate throughout the year cos it's work (bottle drives, GC sales, etc.).

mrsdee15 · March 2015

novella1186 said:
I don't know why I just remembered this, but my cousin was dating a girl who had leukemia back when I was in college. I remember him being worried sick about her. She was the first girl he was ever really in love with, and I had never met her but I would think about what he would have to go through if she died and I would sit up at night and cry, and hope that she'd be ok.

She went into remission, he proposed, they got married, her cancer came back. At this point I had met her, and I really liked her. I felt even worse, and worried even more. My entire family was upset and hoping for the best for this poor woman and for my cousin. She was going out of town all the time for treatments and we were all sending her well-wishes and care packages and whatnot. It affected so many people. My poor, adorable grandmother would think about it and just start crying. She was a wreck over it sometimes.

She went into remission again, and came to one of our family reunions. We all celebrated with her, and were so so so happy for her and so relieved. But I noticed she was drinking a lot. Like, A LOT, and something seemed off. Things just weren't fitting together for me.

Several months later, I hear that they're getting divorced and I'm totally shocked. Come to find out, she never had cancer. Ever. It was all made up. When she was going out of town for treatments, she was actually seeing other guys and cheating on my cousin. When she was staying at cancer centers, she was actually in drug and alcohol rehab. She had been lying to him about it since the day they met.

Not only did it destroy him, my entire family had emotions wrapped up in this for YEARS. I can only imagine what the people close to her (aside from my cousins) had been through. It wasn't just a lie, it really fucking hurt a lot of people.

And not long after they went through the divorce, and after her brother called my cousin to say "I'm so glad you've finally seen her for what she is" and told him about all her drug issues and lying, she died of a drug overdose. The whole thing was just awful and sad. My cousin was never the same after that.

So this woman in the article-- it doesn't bother me as much that she was taking people's money based on fraud. It bothers me more that she fucked with so many people's emotions.

Ho. Ly. Shit.

That sounds horrible for all of you, and I feel so bad for your cousin!

hellosweetie1015 · March 2015

Yeah. This doesn't shock me a bit.

My cousin Mickey was, I think, in the process of divorcing his (now ex) wife Minnie, or it had just finalized, one. Minnie was working at a place here in town. Family owned, cares about their employees, good place to work. She started being out semi-regularly, couple days here and there, stuff like that. Someone called her out on her absences, and she told them she was dying from breast cancer.

Now, this was before GFM. So the office - being the caring place it was - sent a hat around and managed to pony up thousands of dollars to help Minnie pay for her cancer treatments and get through her day-to-day since she was working less.

So Mickey gets a call saying, I'm so sorry Minnie is sick. I know you're divorced but I'll be thinking about you and your daughter in this time.

Mickey was like,

and he told the person that Minnie wasn't sick to the best of his knowledge.

Minnie ended up fired and having to pay all that money back. Which - surprise! - she'd already spent.

Of course, Minnie is fucking nuts for a lot of reasons. That's just a relevant example.

novella1186 · March 2015

mrsdee15 said:

novella1186 said:
I don't know why I just remembered this, but my cousin was dating a girl who had leukemia back when I was in college. I remember him being worried sick about her. She was the first girl he was ever really in love with, and I had never met her but I would think about what he would have to go through if she died and I would sit up at night and cry, and hope that she'd be ok.

She went into remission, he proposed, they got married, her cancer came back. At this point I had met her, and I really liked her. I felt even worse, and worried even more. My entire family was upset and hoping for the best for this poor woman and for my cousin. She was going out of town all the time for treatments and we were all sending her well-wishes and care packages and whatnot. It affected so many people. My poor, adorable grandmother would think about it and just start crying. She was a wreck over it sometimes.

She went into remission again, and came to one of our family reunions. We all celebrated with her, and were so so so happy for her and so relieved. But I noticed she was drinking a lot. Like, A LOT, and something seemed off. Things just weren't fitting together for me.

Several months later, I hear that they're getting divorced and I'm totally shocked. Come to find out, she never had cancer. Ever. It was all made up. When she was going out of town for treatments, she was actually seeing other guys and cheating on my cousin. When she was staying at cancer centers, she was actually in drug and alcohol rehab. She had been lying to him about it since the day they met.

Not only did it destroy him, my entire family had emotions wrapped up in this for YEARS. I can only imagine what the people close to her (aside from my cousins) had been through. It wasn't just a lie, it really fucking hurt a lot of people.

And not long after they went through the divorce, and after her brother called my cousin to say "I'm so glad you've finally seen her for what she is" and told him about all her drug issues and lying, she died of a drug overdose. The whole thing was just awful and sad. My cousin was never the same after that.

So this woman in the article-- it doesn't bother me as much that she was taking people's money based on fraud. It bothers me more that she fucked with so many people's emotions.
Ho. Ly. Shit.

That sounds horrible for all of you, and I feel so bad for your cousin!

yeah it was extra sad because he was dying to be a dad, but she told him she couldn't get pregnant because of the cancer treatments. And obviously that was a lie too. People are fucking nuts.

BrandNewJ · March 2015

JFC. I didn't need more reasons to hate people today.

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