{"id":2664,"date":"2018-10-15T13:00:44","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T20:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/blog\/?p=2664"},"modified":"2018-10-15T16:10:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T23:10:18","slug":"gofundme-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/gofundme-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is How You Identify GoFundMe Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the last few years, GoFundMe<\/a> accounts have become extremely popular to assist people in times of crisis. It started out as a way for people to donate to a honeymoon fund for upcoming nuptials of a friend. Instead of buying a toaster as a wedding gift, you can go online and contribute to their hotel stay, airline flights etc.<\/p>\n

Now GofundMe accounts are set up for everything from a catastrophic accident and even death of a person to someone needing tires for their car. GoFundMe accounts have delivered wonderful results of providing financial aid by contributions from family and friends to many, many people who have truly needed the relief in times of tragedy.<\/p>\n

7 Ways to Identify GoFundMe Scams<\/h2>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/My-Post-6.jpg” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”200″ offset=”200″ align=”center” lightbox=”on” captionposition=”left” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

Sadly, like everything else in our social media and internet world, there are people who take advantage of this wonderful idea of helping our loved ones. GoFundMe scammers can set up accounts for events that have not actually happened or they can be strangers looking at news articles and setting up GoFundMe accounts for incidents that have actually happened, but they have no affiliation with the victim and are collecting the money with no intention of the victim or their family receiving the funds.<\/p>\n

While there is no foolproof way to ensure that you are contributing to a legitimate GoFundMe and that your donation will be received by the person you intend it to, but there are warning signs to be aware of to help protect yourself from becoming a victim of GoFundMe scams.<\/p>\n