A mother-of-four has been charged with defrauding generous people of more than $25,000 by falsely claiming she was battling breast cancer.
WA Police said a man created a GoFundMe account, which “stated the fundraiser was to assist a woman who is known to him who had been diagnosed with a rare medical condition”.A mother-of-four has been charged with defrauding generous people of more than $37,000 by falsely claiming she was battling breast cancer.
“It will be alleged the woman had not been diagnosed with the medical condition as the fundraising account and supporting video claimed.”Ms Enoka’s video remains on YouTube, where she pleads with her audience for help alongside the hashtag #StandWithTara. “We’re raising the money to help pay for the treatments that I need to potentially save my life sorry that I can be here for my kids to watch them grow up,” Ms Enoka said in the YouTube video.In the video she claims she has “never been the type to ask anybody for help” but she had learned “it is OK to ask for help”.A GoFundMe spokesman told NewsWire it has a “zero tolerance” policy for misuse of the platform and will co-operate with the police investigation of anyone accused of any wrongdoing.