November 10, 2017: GoFundMe Scam

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🗓️ 10 November 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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When homeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt gave stranded motorist Katelyn McClure his last $20 for gas money, she was so moved by his gesture that she started a GoFundMe for him. But after $400,000 worth of donations, something didn't add up. Guest hosted by Molly Brandenburg from Conspiracy Theories, a Spotify Original from Parcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Wednesday, November 10th, 2021.
0:07.0	On this day in 2017, a pair of Good Samaritans created a GoFundMe page on behalf of a homeless veteran.
0:16.0	The campaign is believed to have scammed people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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0:55.2	Prime. Welcome to Today in True Crime, a Spotify original from Parcast. I'm Vanessa Richardson.
1:04.2	And today I'm joined by our guest host, Molly Brandenburg, from conspiracy theories. Every week,
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