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GoFundMe Refunds $745,000 to Donors After 81-Year-Old Courier's 'Neighbour' Fundraiser Turns Out To Be Run by Daughter

GoFundMe said it refunded donors after finding the organizer misrepresented herself as a neighbor and violated platform rules.

Summary by IBTimes UK
GoFundMe removed Donald Johnson's cancer fundraiser and refunded donors after citing 'factual misrepresentations'; later reports linked the organiser to his family.

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GoFundMe Refunds $745,000 to Donors After 81-Year-Old Courier's 'Neighbour' Fundraiser Turns Out To Be Run by Daughter

GoFundMe removed Donald Johnson's cancer fundraiser and refunded donors after citing 'factual misrepresentations'; later reports linked the organiser to his family.

·United Kingdom
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GoFundMe page for man, 81, working to fund wife’s cancer bills shut down

‘The neighbor story is real. The doorcam video is real. The diagnosis is real,’ the 81-year-old’s daughter has insisted

·London, United Kingdom
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La RazónLa Razón
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A Crowdfunding Platform Closes the Campaign of an 81-Year-Old Delivery Guy After Finding Out that Her Daughter Pushed Her Posing as a Neighbor

The platform claims that it has reimbursed all contributions, while the organizer maintains that her mother's illness and the family's economic hardships are real.

·Madrid, Spain
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BenzingaBenzinga
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GoFundMe Pulls $745,000 Cancer Fundraiser for 81-Year-Old Man’s Wife — All Donors Refunded

GoFundMe removes nearly $745,000 cancer fundraiser after organizer posing as neighbor is revealed as daughter.

·Detroit, United States
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Benzinga broke the news in Detroit, United States on Monday, September 28, 2026.
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