
So I'm a part of a pretty amazing group of people, we don't have much money, but we have heart, brains and talent. We put on a small fundraiser for a friends sister who has had serious medical issues since birth. My band played free for entertainment, friends I had invited (from outside the group) came and donated items for a silent auction, 4 of my friends SHAVED THEIR HEADS as a fundraiser (the hair was donated to a local cancer wig-making charity) and raised $250 by raffling off chances to hold the clippers...I promoted the event on all of my personal networks and ended up practically running the whole thing...
We raised over $1000.00 to donate to the family to help with incidentals and trips to and from physical therapy, etc...not a lot, but when you don't have anything,and are crushed under insurmountable medical debt, it means the world.....and I just got a call telling me that the family has gotten nothing...the "friend" took it....- and claimed that she put it in a "trust fund" that her little sister could access when she turns 18.....in SIX FUCKING YEARS...for which she has no paper trail- no bank account, no deposit info, nothing...she fucking took it and put it in her pocket and has been spending it on herself for weeks.
I am beyond livid...what kind of cretinous excuse for a human being uses her sick kid sister to make a quick buck off of people?
Now I am at a loss, do I report her for fraud? If so- HOW?
Do I tell all the goodhearted people who donated time and money and their HAIR that it was all a scam?
I am heartsick and furious and at a total loss-
Okay- I was scammed, I can get over it, but all the people who came and all my bandmates and my friends who shaved their heads thinking they were doing something good for someone...all the people who gave more than they could in this shitty economy, because they are good decent people...it's my fault that they got scammed too...I truly do not understand how horrid some people are...it makes me want to puke.