Gofundme, begging or deceiving?

It seems some of the scammers have now found out about Gofundme.  It's a site that is supposed to allow you to raise money for a charity, you or your child with cancer or special projects.

There is also another side to gofundme you should know about. Something you do not see unless you sign up and make an account.

When you see Jane Doe had raised $3,100 of her goal of $5,000 you would assume that $3,100 has come from all her efforts on the gofundme site.  Not true at all.    It is possible that someone actually donated $100 to Janes fundraiser. 

As a registered fundraiser you can then "add money from outside sources".  So if you want ot enter "John $3,000" and there is not John, it now looks like you have $3,100 in your account and that people are donating to your worthy cause.

In my opinion this is a tremendous fraud being perpetrated on the unknowing donor.   One would assume that those funds raised came from the site itself through paypal or wepay.

You could add multiple donors ! Add 2 dozen names with small amounts and it really looks like people are on your bandwagon to donations.  It states that if people give you money outside of gofundme, you can add that money to your fundraising campaign. Why would anyone do that?   Add money??  Your campaign on Gofundme would be the amount you expect and hope to legitimately raise from being an account holder on that site.

I just don't like the idea that a user can manipulate the figures and amount of donors on their own fundraising attempts. It doesn't allow any donor to know this is going on.   It's blatant deception in my opinion.   

The shoutbox was flooded with chat about Moonboots and King Vamp using Vamps statement that he did not get paid and Moonboots line was "to get the truth".  I was surprised Moonboots had anything to do with it.  Those sudden rise to $8,000 in donations were clearly created as a troll. Gofundme cancelled both of their accounts when they were reported.

Other scammers will soon lineup and join the bandwagon as an easy way to try and scam, beg and con people out of money when they just won't log off the internet and go get a damn job.