Scammers steal money with fake cancer appeals using kids with real cancer who then die

[Retro]

Once again scammers prove that the depths of their depravity knows no bounds. This is sickening: they force kids with cancer into making appeals for their treatment, but then when thousands of dollars roll in, they and their families get none of the money. These kids actually die due to this, too. How are these scammers not murderers? They are, simple as that.

Aljin agreed to it because, although the set-up was fake, Khalil really did have cancer. She was told this video would help crowdfund money for better treatment. And it did raise funds - $27,000 (£20,204), according to a campaign we found in Khalil's name.

But Aljin was told the campaign had failed, and says she received none of this money - just a $700 (£524) filming fee on the day. One year later, Khalil died.

Across the world, desperate parents of sick or dying children are being exploited by online scam campaigns, the BBC World Service has discovered. The public have given money to the campaigns, which claim to be fundraising for life-saving treatment. We have identified 15 families who say they got little to nothing of the funds raised and often had no idea the campaigns had even been published, despite undergoing harrowing filming.

Children with cancer scammed out of millions fundraised for their treatment, BBC finds

Huge amounts appear to have been raised for seriously ill children who never received the money.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Hitcore]

The real cancer is this breed of scammer. The cancer of humanity. That cancer needs to be removed.

 

[Retro]

I don't agree with that tbh. While there are an awful lot of bad people around, there are even more nice ones who like animals and are generally good. Get rid of the likes of Trump, Putin and the rest and the world would be a much better place.

 

[Mars]

The real cancer is this breed of scammer. The cancer of humanity. That cancer needs to be removed.

Yes, those derelicts are indeed like a cancer. Cancer cells are tenacious, they just don't die, they multiply and suffocate the living cells around them, eventually killing the host.
Same is with this cancerous breed of scammers, when one falls, multiple ready replacements are at hand. There is no shortage of this crap.

 

[Retro]

The real cancer is this breed of scammer. The cancer of humanity. That cancer needs to be removed.

Apologies, I'm at a very noisy party and misread your post. Agree 100%!

 

[Mars]

Get rid of the likes of Trump, Putin and the rest and the world would be a much better place.

If only, if only this sewer could be drained, if only this cancer of humanity could be targeted and eliminated like modern medicine can target and eliminate cancer cells.
Of course there are lots of decent folk around, and that is a good thing for sure.

 

[Hitcore]

Apologies, I'm at a very noisy party and misread your post. Agree 100%!

Now I'm just wondering what you thought I meant by my post.

 

[Retro]

I thought you said that humanity is the cancer and needs to be removed.

I thought it was just a quiet group dinner at a pub, but instead they had a DJ with some very loud music so it made it a bit hard to concentrate. Had I known that, I wouldn't have gone.