Tag: homeless veteran scam

‘Shush about the made up stuff’: Secret text messages about homeless vet GoFundMe scam revealed

Scams

New details continue to emerge in the case of a homeless man and a couple accused of scamming thousands of people out of $400,000 via a GoFundMe scam. NBC Philadelphia reports that 28-year-old Kate McClure allegedly sent a text message to a friend within hours of creating a reported fraudulent GoFundMe scam last year. McClure, along …

GoFundMe gives homeless vet $20k while couple accused of using his donation money fail to show up for court

Scams

September 5, 2018

GoFundMe gives homeless vet $20k while couple accused of using his donation money fail to show up for court

On Tuesday, a spokesperson for GoFundMe announced that the company gave homeless veteran, Johnny Bobbitt, $20,000 to assist him during the investigation of a couple who allegedly kept donation money meant for him to themselves. Nj.com reports that GoFundMe put $20,000 Bobbitt’s bank account “to provide assistance during the investigation” of Kate McClure and Mark D’Amico, a …