Originally Posted by
oldpiglady
I somewhat resent that comment. Why would someone say they were in a fire...if they weren't? You can't be serious!
To get free stuff. It happens a LOT on the internet. I remember several stories (not on this board but other boards) where people faked cancer or faked that their kids had cancer in order to get sympathy, attention and in some cases, lots of donations. I know of people who have claimed to try to commit suicide, claimed they were in a car accident, claimed to have been flooded, etc and they got a lot of attention and some got donations before they were outed.