Raising Money for A Breast Cancer Patient

So over the last few days, on Twitter, I have seen many people linking to the donation page for a Nigerian man who decided to go to the general public for help. Allegedly, his mother has breast cancer and is currently uninsured and therefore has no way to pay for breast removal surgery. Here's a quote from the donation page.

My mom has been diagnosed by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center with stage III breast cancer. Because she is uninsured, she needs to come up with $60, 000 to have her left breast removed in the next 2-3 weeks. I can’t put a dollar amount on my mom’s life, but I really really need your help now. Nothing is too small. Thank you and God bless.

My response, and I am being honest here, was to raise my eyebrows and ponder the legitimacy of this fund-raising effort. Before anyone says anything, this is my response to any request for money, for charity or otherwise, which is a bit odd since I am supposed to be helping with fund raising for a non-profit.


I don't think I am the only one whose first thought was, "Is this is some sort of scam?"

As I write this, over $17,000 has been raised for the family, but they are far from their goal of $60,000.

I'd like y'all to vote in the two polls below, if you don't mind.


 




If you would like to donate to the Fosodu family, visit their donation page. Please do not view this post as an endorsement or encouragement to donate. I have no ties with the family and I'm simply curious to see if they will meet their goal and how many people will actually donate.