/u/IFTYE on If you are going to donate to someone on Go Fund Me, do you research for the validity of their request? Or just blindly donate?

Wait 5 sec.

I’ll donate if it’s from something on the news that has been vetted. Or sometimes Swifties do random donation drives for certain organizations or charities, and after Taylor Swift visited Kansas City Children’s Hospital people found GoFundMes for some of the children in the hospital. I donated to a little girl. Her mother was very grateful and sent regular updates on treatments without asking for more money, just little updates on things like her returning to school or if she was back in the hospital.