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There is no evidence this is an official donation fund

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[-] dan@upvote.au 57 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I've never heard of "GiveSendGo", and who is d4legalcomm@gmail.com (the email address listed on the GiveSendGo page)? The fact that it's some random Gmail is kinda sketchy. Are we sure this is legit?

[-] WeUnite@lemm.ee 34 points 1 week ago

Wikipedia explains who they are very well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GiveSendGo

GiveSendGo is a Christian crowdfunding website.[5] GiveSendGo has attracted controversy for allowing far-right extremists to fundraise, including neo-Nazis, white supremacists and hate groups.[15]

They have also had multiple security breaches.

[-] dan@upvote.au 11 points 1 week ago

PayPal suspended payments to GiveSendGo because it was raising funds for people who had participated in the 2021 United States Capitol attack

oh... oh no.

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 10 points 1 week ago

Unfortunately probably the only such site that might host such a fundraiser

[-] WeUnite@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

I get what you mean there. I hope they have improved their security since then.

[-] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago

It's probably not legit, which is why I'm holding off until his public defender gives official information about any potential donations.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 23 points 1 week ago

If it's probably not legit, why did you post it?

[-] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Because the fact that this knock off gofundme exploded so quick is itself news.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago

No. In an interview the attorney seemed to not be interested in accepting donations.

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