Nov 09
25
Women Faking Cancer for Breast Implants
Well, this may be one of the more disgusting, pathetic stories I’ve heard in a while. I’ve heard various stories on and off about people faking serious illness and disease, mostly for sympathy, sometimes because they have an actually psychiatric condition where they can’t stop lying about being sick, or they actually make their children sick to gain sympathy from people, or some people simply use their supposed “disease” as a con to get people to pay for their surgeries, or their treatments, which are often totally fabricated and the “patient” is making off with sometimes thousands of dollars in donations, preying on the generosity and concern of strangers and friends and family alike.
The 24 year old Texas women lied and said she had breast cancer and that she did not have any health coverage, and so could not afford the necessary medical cancer treatments that would help her beat the cancer. People felt bad, and they arranged a large benefit at a local saloon, where they raised about ten thousand dollars for the woman’s supposed cancer treatment. They later found out, after the woman had used their money to get herself a $6800 breast implant job, that they had been totally faked out and that all she really wanted was larger breasts.
She did not have breast cancer at all. She convinced everyone further by shaving her head to make it look like she was going through breast cancer treatment, so she went to lengths to conceal her made up story. When some of the people who donated found out, they obviously felt betrayed, one woman a business owner who contributed out of the kindness of her heart because she had family members who had suffered from the common disease and she wanted to help a young woman out of the predicament of not having any health coverage.
The benefit was actually advertised on local radio stations too, who swear that they will now unfortunately have to be more vigilant in doing background checks to check the legitamicy of people’s claims before they actually start to promote any type of fundraising event.
