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A mother-of-four has been charged with defrauding generous people of more
than $25,000 by falsely claiming she was battling breast cancer.

Tara Michelle Enoka was earlier this month charged with gaining benefit by fraud, after a GoFundMe was set up to help her with her alleged battle
with breast and cervical cancer.

WA Police said a man created a GoFundMe account, which �stated the
fundraiser was to assist a woman who is known to him who had been
diagnosed with a rare medical condition�.

Police allege Ms Enoka registered herself as the beneficiary of the funds
being raised.

The 35-year-old then allegedly created a video on a separate website to
assist with promoting the fundraising activity, with police saying she
claimed the money raised would be �used to pay for her medical treatment�.

�Between March and September 2021, more than 500 people from 16 countries donated a total of just over $37,000. It will be further alleged between
March 2021 and October 2021, the woman transferred more than $36,000 from
the fundraiser to her personal bank account,� a WA Police spokesman told NewsWire.

�It will be alleged the woman had not been diagnosed with the medical
condition as the fundraising account and supporting video claimed.�

Ms Enoka�s video remains on YouTube, where she pleads with her audience
for help alongside the hashtag #StandWithTara.

In the video she claims she has �never been the type to ask anybody for
help� but she had learned �it is OK to ask for help�.

�We�re raising the money to help pay for the treatments that I need to potentially save my life sorry that I can be here for my kids to watch
them grow up,� Ms Enoka said in the YouTube video.

GoFundMe has said it is �proactively� refunding all the donors who
contributed to the fun.

A GoFundMe spokesman told NewsWire it has a �zero tolerance� policy for
misuse of the platform and will co-operate with the police investigation
of anyone accused of any wrongdoing.

�All donors will be proactively refunded and we have removed this
fundraiser,� the spokesman said.

�The beneficiary has also been banned from using the platform for any
future fundraisers.

�GoFundMe�s Giving Guarantee offers a full refund in the rare case when something isn�t right; this is the first and only donor protection
guarantee in the crowd-funding industry.�

It is understood GoFundMe is processing refunds as quickly as possible and
is warning donors they do not need to take any action.

Ms Enoka was arrested on June 6 and charged with gains benefit by fraud.

Police have said there is no allegation the man who created the GoFundMe
was aware the woman�s claims were not true.

Ms Enoka will return to court in August.

Bob Sacamano
4 hours ago

Should force her to to work with the local hospital's cancer patients, so
she can hopefully understand what an enormous pile of refuse she is.

Ankle Spanker
4 hours ago

Never donate to a go fund me site there are better ways to help those in
need.

https://nypost.com/2024/06/21/world-news/mom-of-four-faked-cancer-to- collect-25k-in-gofundme-police/

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