I got one of those about this time last year, it was a real tear jerker.
Unfortunately, I knew the family slightly and knew their oldest kid was still in grade school, this scam said the family's oldest had "been hurt badly in the holdup trying to shield his mom, and wouldn't be able to get home for his high school graduation".
The writing was terrific, loved the tear jerkyness of it, but I simply forwarded it to some scam area, forget which now.