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Well I'll chime in as to your OP Question , today is the digital age , so easy manipulate the actual circumstances of Illness , as to say " we dont have Medical Insurance or it won't cover full costs or we or I am a single parent " a Tug at the emotions and kindness of strangers , yes I am sure many cases are legit , maybe a tid bit left out on full story maybe the full story is present and accounted for .Sure is odd how many posts I have seen lately on FB for go fund me for people who misteriously have become ill. Lets see, 3 heart attacks, 1 stroke on my short little street, 2 heart attacks on the other, three on another street, 1 made it two did not. Now I am seeing brain bleeds, people losing feeling etc. Happening all over the province it appears?
What I can and will say as we ourselves witnessed this very thing is some are just creating these circumstances for monetary gain and that alone is the problem , "GREED & JELOUSY " are the drivers to scamming others into believing this person or a relative or friend is sick or injured when no such case exists .
Media has been a force to drive that msg deep into peoples hearts , so now the msg is clear to anyone who is legit with any illness to do this very thing , my heart goes out to those needed treatments not covered or needing financial aid to help thru rough times cause they do not have the means to carry them thru what can be traumatic situations or troubled times .
My msg is this Go Fund Me was the creator of such a platform after someone seen these very such social media postings online , only thing is now Go Fund Me has put in place checks and balances to stop or halter at it 's best scammers and also keeps a % of Money raised , many don't want go thru the checks and balances for multible reasons so now we see a influx of those claiming sickness or whatever the funds are needed for on social Media platforms .
With every good deed that comes around a dirty deed is present to question credibility of those who are in need of help .
This is my Honest response to the question at hand .