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Doesn't suck at all to be me, you go ahead and give some money to his gofundme if you feel I accused him fraudulently.....

Happy Thanksgiving!

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/11/15/lost-check-returned/

The Rock

A lawyer for Bobbitt filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction to stop Mark D’Amico and Kate McClure — the motorist he helped — from using any leftover money from the fundraising campaign, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

Bobbitt told the Inquirer earlier that he can't use the $200,000 left out of the $400,000 that donors raised on GoFundMe, and he no longer has a camper or a car.

Bobbitt alleged in the injunction that McClure and D’Amico committed fraud and considered the GoFundMe account “as their personal piggy bank.”

McClure and D’Amico did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the legal action, the paper reported.

McClure told the paper in an earlier interview that they did all they could to help Bobbitt.

The couple and Bobbitt once had a warm relationship. In an earlier interview with the Inquirer, D'Amico said he controls the money and will start dispensing it when Bobbitt gets a job and stops using drugs.

"Giving him all that money, it's never going to happen. I'll burn it in front of him," he said, adding that giving an "addict" the money would be like "giving him a loaded gun."

Bobbitt admitted to the paper that the couple once gave him $25,000 and he gave some of it to relatives and friends, and spent some of it on drugs.

Bobbitt raised suspicions over how McClure, a receptionist, is now driving a new BMW. The couple said the car was paid from their own money.

GoFundMe said earlier it will work to ensure Bobbitt "receives the help he deserves and that the donors' intentions are honored."

Pathetic thing is that something like this bothered someone so much that months later they just had to bring it up again

Wait wait. That's what the spots thing is about. Yep you are right Sorry

I call it being a realist.

Slade was just using your name calling "Gspot", "spot" to relate with never changing spots. I don't change much, always lean toward Pessimism....

Think you guys are mad you bought some scammer a BMW....LOL

I donate intelligently you donate through emotion and that is fine. I feel you are just throwing money away but its yours to throw. Case in point.

I always recommend researching through charity watching organizations and donating locally so you don't wind up benefiting poorly run charities and scammers.

Since you understand the meaning of giving so well.....

Please visit the link and donate to an organization that takes no fee at all and selects diabetes research grants in partnership with the American Diabetes Association to help those suffering from that dreadful disease. When you call to donate please mention Missouri Grand Court. You can also e-mail the webmaster and thank him for donating his time and effort for free to maintain the site for the state....;^)

"Don't pretend that you understand my philanthropic efforts."

You can pretend but I can't huh?

GoFundMe charges a 2.9 percent payment processing fee plus 30 cents per donation to cover credit card processing. They used to also charge a platform fee but discontinued that fee last December.

"Homeless man, couple allegedly conspired to deceive GoFundMe funds: report"

"But investigators said the three deliberately prevented donors from gaining information "that would affect their judgment about solicited contribution to that fundraising effort," according to the station. Now they will face charges including conspiracy and theft by deception, a source familiar with the case told NBC 10."

So there. ;^)

"I bought a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled it with birdseed. What a beauty of a bird feeder it was, as I filled it lovingly with seed. Within a week we had hundreds of birds taking advantage of the continuous flow of free and easily accessible food.

But then the birds started building nests in the boards of the patio, above the table, and next to the barbecue. Then came the poop! It was everywhere, on the patio tile, the chairs, the table…everywhere!

Then some of the birds turned mean. They would dive bomb me and try to peck me even though I had fed them out of my own pocket. The other birds were boisterous and loud. They sat on the feeder and squawked and screamed at all hours of the day and night and demanded that I fill it when it got low on food.

After a while, I couldn’t even sit on my own back porch anymore. So I took down the bird feeder and in three days the birds were gone. I cleaned up their mess and took down the many nests they had built all over the patio.

Soon, the back yard was like it used to be…quiet, serene and no one demanding their rights to a free meal."

I wondered how she survived some of the brutal winters here - I'm in AZ, but up in the mountains, and I can tell you we get some sub-zero nights here. Well Crazy Shirley had many churches reach out to her, some good people opened their homes to her. She rides around on a bike with a "kid carrier" on back with her dogs and writes signs about how she just needs dog food for her only family - being the dogs.

Well, not a huge surprise, she's been eating the dogs she uses to get donations. She's flatly rejected any type of real help offered her, and has even been spotted using her donations to gamble at a local casino.

Now, there's a guy or gal with a sign at every entrance to Walmart or Lowe's or Home Depot in the area. I actually watched a guy in front of Safeway holding a sign all day, get into his Chevy Suburban and drive off after a long day of sign holding.

Similarly, in Payson AZ, I saw the same girl holding the same sign, with an empty gas can asking for money to "get back on the road" for over three months.

This kind of thing creates a real conundrum. You want to help out those who are really in need, but over and over again, you find that you are just perpetuating a cycle of certain people preying on the goodness of others.

There's no lack of jobs in my area - far from it. Anyone who can show up on time, do the minimal amount of work can be employed. Some just choose to take the tax-free route and live out their drug fueled fantasy.

I stopped giving as a consequence of seeing that my charity wasn't helping anyone, but only creating an underground marketplace of guilt.

Now, when I give, it's going to be through something like building a home, or specific causes like battered women who are hiding from their exes.

Which they then consume before driving, go home drunk and beat their wife and kids so they can run for office as a democrat.

No sense of humor?

It surprises me some of you can apparently be so giving, yet so hateful and call people names because they are skeptical. I would expect that from Democrats trying to make republicans feel guilty for not having open borders.

It is just wise to investigate before investing. In spite of what some here want us to believe, nobody on this site has unlimited ability to donate to good causes.

Yet, it is important to be compassionate. Giving should never be just a business decision.

The history of "Go Fund Me" is storied where as many good deeds have been done as have scams. In recent years, it seems that there has been an increase in GFM pleas that tilt the balance. I would be more inclined to donate to a GFM for a friend or event that is easily determined to be valid. Sometimes it is better to donate to an organization that has a reputation of using donations for the specific purpose of that organization rather than one that uses large portions of the donations for administration and salaries. Two of the best organizations that put all of donations to the cause have roots here on the Bowsite: Benefit 4 Kids and Camp Cuervo.

WRT to the actual thread topic:

‘Secret’ Audio Recording Drags $400,000 GoFundMe Debacle Into a New Circle of Hell

She was supposedly in an abusive relationship with her ex and says there is a recording.

Where are you #metoo get those lyin' males or your a traitor to your gender.....

Wonder if GoFraudMe will take a hit or will emotion still outweigh critical thought?

I would think there is going to be a trial?

What are you talking about over?

Do you have a link that charges were dropped or something?

I think they will probably do some jail time before it is said and done.

I also wonder what repercussions this will have for GoFraudMe and their 3% take in the future.

More than $400,000 in GoFundMe donations refunded in alleged homeless vet scam.

Now the only thing left is the trial....

One of my clients was making between $400-$600 panhandling on weekends, his social worker had 5 mos of his SSI checks that he didn't pickup to cash out. This gent was hit in the back of the head with a baseball bat and robbed which did increase brain damage. I seen him getting a $20 from a gent when he had liquid stool running down his leg, thought to myself that was the trick to panhandling, true happening.`

If money had handles you can hold on to it but it slips out very fast and is hard to gain back. Be wise who you give to, there is many charades that is going on.