New mom raises $2800 to take unpaid leave to care for her sick 3-month-old baby, coworker discovers she was actually planning on using the money to fund a Canadian vacation: 'The baby's totally fine, my mom can watch him'

It is easy to get scammed on GoFundMe if you are tender-hearted enough to give generously when possible. I'm not saying that every GoFundMe that someone starts under a viral tweet begging for survival funds is a lie, but scams like that rely on one of two things.

You feel like a good person for giving to them.
You are naive and good enough to believe someone wouldn't lie about being in dire need.

Unfortunately, neither of these things will protect you from getting scammed, so if you're comfortable with your money going anywhere when you donate to random GoFundMe's, go right ahead. I'd venture that most of you want to know with certainty that the money you're donating is actually going to the place you think it's going to. Usually, GoFundMe is pretty good at cracking down on scams, but sometimes it takes insider knowledge to crack the case.

The coworker in this story had some wild insider knowledge. She overheard a woman in her office who had been raising money via GoFundMe talk candidly over the phone about the whole fundraiser being a lie. While she was conflicted about what to do with this knowledge, many internet users shared their takes with candor.
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AITAH for not giving money to my coworker's GoFundMe after secretly finding out that the reason behind her GoFundMe is a lie?

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