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GoFundMe Is Helping LA Wildfire Victims Rebuild, but Is It Enough?
How does GoFundMe work? GoFundMe is a crowdfunding platform where people create fundraising pages for themselves or loved ...
LA Times on MSN11d
LA fires: Is that GoFundMe account legit? How to spot scams when helping victims
To help fight fraud, GoFundMe created an online hub that contains verified fundraising pages related to the L.A.-area ...
Which LA Fire Victims Get Money on GoFundMe — and Who Gets Left Out?
GoFundMe campaigns tend to favor the white and wealthy. After the Eaton fire, Altadena’s Black community is fighting back.
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As L.A. fire victims try crowdfunding, watch out for fraud, officials say
When teenager Sara Eckhoff learned that wildfires had torched her childhood home in Los Angeles’s Palisades neighborhood, she quickly launched a GoFundMe page for her family. It wasn’t just ...
LA Times on MSN13d
These Palisades natives raised over $120,000 for fire relief on GoFundMe. Now what?
After Palisades natives banded together on WhatsApp and raised more than $120,000 on GoFundMe, they face what experts say has ...
ABC 7 Los Angeles on MSN13d
Fraudster steals SoCal fire victim's video of burning home to scam GoFundMe donors
A victim of the Palisades Fire is warning the public after a fraudster stole video of her home burning down and used it to ...
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FEMA says ‘carefully consider’ GoFundMe campaign phrasing because it can affect disaster aid
Thousands of people have turned to GoFundMe for help in the wake of the L.A. County wildfires. It allows communities to quickly respond to people’s needs by donating funds online. But if you ...
Money raised on GoFundMe could affect federal aid for victims of LA wildfires
By law, FEMA cannot duplicate benefits received from another source for the same disaster-related expense, such as replacing ...
Calif. Man Recovers Engagement Ring amid the Rubble of His Burned Down Home and Immediately Proposes to Girlfriend
Brian McShea and Stephanie Raynor returned to their burned down home in Los Angeles, where McShea found the engagement ring ...
Los Angeles Police Warn About Wildfire Scammers
Victims of the L.A. County firestorms are grieving their losses as well as feeling frustration over delays in getting restarted with their lives, which L.A. police say makes them great prey for ...
As small businesses face fire devastation and try to get back on their feet, a variety of aid exists
The fires in California have been devastating for many small business owners and others who saw their homes, businesses or ...