GoFundMe for 81-year-old delivery driver pulled over ‘misrepresentations’
Once the GoFundMe page was removed, Don Johnson's daughter launched a new fundraiser for her parents on GiveSendGo, where she explained what had happened.
An 81-year-old delivery driver, Don Johnson, who was seen delivering lost luggage on a doorbell camera, had a GoFundMe campaign for his aid removed due to "factual misrepresentations." The fundraising platform, GoFundMe, claimed to have identified these inaccuracies, which violated their Terms of Service. The campaign, which raised over US$700,000, was initiated by a woman named Erin Howell, who claimed she witnessed Johnson working tirelessly to support his family.
However, GoFundMe discovered that the organizer had misrepresented Johnson's situation, stating that he was working not just for his own survival but also to support his wife, Josephine, who was battling severe cancer. Johnson's daughter, Amy, revealed that her father's daughter set up the original fundraiser using a different name, which led to the removal of the campaign after GoFundMe received a tip about the discrepancy.
The new fundraiser for Johnson on GiveSendGo has raised more than $55,000 of its $100,000 goal from over 1,000 donors.
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