The family of a 9-year-old boy battling brain cancer is speaking out against scammers taking advantage of their heartbreaking situation to make money for themselves, as reported by the NY Post.
Deceitful individuals have been using images of Julian Galloway on fraudulent TikTok and other social media accounts to solicit donations from kind-hearted individuals via PayPal, according to ABC13. The Texas family, who has been documenting Julian’s courageous fight against cancer on Facebook, discovered this disturbing scheme in May. “It’s very disheartening. People out there will do anything to make a quick buck, ”the boy’s father Lee Galloway told The Post Monday. Julian was diagnosed with medulloblastoma in December 2019. Two years ago, he was given just six months to a year to live, but he has defied the odds and continues to bravely fight today, according to ABC13.
The family has made significant efforts to report the fraudulent accounts, attempting to work their way through the app and its support center to have the posts removed. However, Galloway shared with the Independent that it has been challenging for them to even demonstrate that “anybody had been victimized.”
Although the family has noticed a decline in scammers since they began raising awareness about the issue, Galloway still discovers new accounts featuring even more current information. They took photos they specifically shared with nonprofits or images that Galloway just posted on their Facebook page moments earlier.
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