SCAMS THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD
PAYING IT FORWARD
In November 2017, a heartwarming story of a homeless veteran sprang up on a crowdfunding page.
John Bobbitt Jr had apparently given Kate McClure his last $20 when she ran out of fuel. He was worried about her walking to a petrol station, so he went and bought the fuel for her.
With this story as fodder, McClure and her boyfriend, Mark D’Amico, set up a GoFundMe page and raised almost $520,000 to thank Bobbitt Jr.
Their story went viral and more than 14,000 people donated to the cause. The happy trio appeared on TV all over the world. It became the uplifting story of
