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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Sat Jan 16, 2016, 05:52 PM Jan 2016

GoFundMe: Crowdsourcing Site Shuts Down Woman's Reimbursement Campaign for Losing Powerball

"We spent all of our money on lottery tickets (expecting to win the 1.5 billion) and are now in dire need of cash," Cinnamon Nicole wrote online. GoFundMe has since removed the campaign.

https://www.facebook.com/topic/GoFundMe/294460167307921

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GoFundMe: Crowdsourcing Site Shuts Down Woman's Reimbursement Campaign for Losing Powerball (Original Post) Miles Archer Jan 2016 OP
Please tell me she was going for a joke rocktivity Jan 2016 #1
Wouldn't that be fraud? Setting up a bogus campaign, knowing it was bogus? nt TheBlackAdder Jan 2016 #2

rocktivity

(44,555 posts)
1. Please tell me she was going for a joke
Sat Jan 16, 2016, 05:59 PM
Jan 2016
Cinnamon has since taken to her Facebook page to say the “campaign” had been nothing more than a joke:

“People are so quick to judge without knowing or even considering anything other than their point of view. But this ain’t no serious post....”


Of course, she's saying that now...

rocktivity
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