KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A GoFundMe page by a Knoxville family was copied by scammers who have reaped the benefits, making thousands of dollars.
GoFundMe scams are relatively rare. The company said fraudulent campaigns are less than 1/10 of a percent of all appeals, but, unfortunately, they do happen.
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Heather Myers and her mother, Dorothy Adkins, compared look-alike websites: one was real, the other fraudulent. Myer’s brother-in-law, Mitchell Solomon, died unexpectedly on November 22, 2025. The 52-year-old self-employed landscaper had lots of friends.
“If you know Mitchell, you laughed every time you came around him. If you were angry, he found a way to make you happy again,” said Myers…