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Ugandan orphanage scam

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  • 04-04-2024 2:38pm
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    Shan Doras
    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭


    My granny has been following this Ugandan orphanage on social media who started out putting out cute videos of kids dancing and that kind of thing, however they then started having emergencies that required urgent donations every other day, Today she offered to pay a sick childs medical bill directly to the hospital instead of intothe young man oweners account and they blocked her.

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    #2
    Brussels Sprout
    Registered Users Posts: 6,536 ✭✭✭Brussels Sprout


    Scammers gonna scam. Not sure this needs its own thread though.



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    #3
    Shan Doras
    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭Shan Doras


    The thing is, after I looked into the social media history of this particular "orphanage" it was surprising to me to see that a good few people had sent it money because it screams scam to me, but then I discovered a common thread with the people who had sent money, most of them had suffered a bereavement of their own child. I don't know why the social media companies allow such scammers to use their platforms.



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