The Jai Singh Rathore-like fundraising scam has surfaced in the US where an emotional personal story was presented to donors to raise money for treatement. Similar to recent case in India where a social media user posted a fake medical prescritpion to raise money for his younger sister's eye treatement, a fake fundraiser was posted for an 81-year-old Texas delivery driver and his wife suffering cancer. The fundraiser collected more than $700,000 (around Rs 7 crore) but was later removed after GoFundMe discovered that the organiser had falsely claimed to be their neighbour.
The campaign was created for Donald Johnson, who had gained attention online after footage showed him delivering lost luggage despite his age. Johnson had reportedly taken up the work to help support his wife Josephine, who has pancreatic cancer.
