Texas, Gofundme and flood
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Julie Cole told Global News that a friend had contacted her on social media to say that an old photo of her six children was being used in an attempt to collect ill-gotten gains.
Within minutes of being reported, this fake GoFundMe page was shut down, but not before scammers used a surprising tactic.
A Burlington woman says a photo of her children was used for a GoFundMe campaign for victims of the Texas flood.
B’nai Torah Congregation in Boca Raton is leading a relief effort to support Central Texas flood victims through its TLC (Tzedakah, Learning & Chesed) program. Tzedakah is the Hebrew word for charitable giving, and chesed for mercy.
Matthew Crowder, who had shown up for work in the neighborhood, yelled to wake the Eliashar family and helped them escape before their home was washed away in the deadly Texas flooding. The death toll has reached at least 104 as of Monday,
During Texas's second-worst flood, Matthew Crowder ignored dispatch warnings to save a family. Now the community rallies to help survivors.
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On Friday, roughly 150 H-E-B staff from all over Texas volunteered to clear out debris from four homes in Liberty Hill. At a home off East Bear Creek Road, there were 50 volunteers trudging through a wooded area picking up lost items, hauling wagons filled with debris and loading it into trucks to throw away.
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Harris County investigators are targeting scammers who created a fake GoFundMe for Texas flood victims, exploiting grieving families. GFM acted quickly.
As heavy rains led to heartbreaking losses at a Texas girls camp, other parts of the state were swamped over the July 4 weekend.
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