After a video of an 81-year-old man Donald Johnson delivering lost luggage on a doorbell camera went viral, a Texas woman Erin Howell started a fundraiser in a bid to support him. The GoFundMe has raised more than US$370,000 in donations. But now, in a tragic turn of events, the fundraiser for David Johnson was deactivated after the platform said it uncovered “factual misrepresentations.” Before it was taken down, the fundraiser had raised nearly $745,000, according to NewsNation.
According to a report in NewsNation, GoFundMe received a tip on September 25 and raised question over the identity of the woman who was running the campaign. She had identified herself only as a neighbor named Erin. The company’s Trust & Safety team opened an investigation, standard practice for a tip like that. On a recorded call, GoFundMe asked the organizer directly whether Don and Josephine were her parents. She said they were.
