Homeless man and couple allegedly made up 'last $20' story for GoFundMe to dupe people and raise thousands of dollars

The couple, Kate McClure and Mark D'Amico from Bordentown, New Jersey, made headlines after they set up a GoFundMe page for homeless man Johnny Bobbitt on November 10, 2017
UPDATED NOV 15, 2018

A homeless man was found to have allegedly conspired with a couple in New Jersey by making up an emotional story to scam donors across the country into giving them $400,000 on their GoFundMe page. The couple, Kate McClure and Mark D'Amico from Bordentown, New Jersey, made headlines across the country after they set up a GoFundMe page for homeless man Johnny Bobbitt on November 10, 2017.

The story begins with McClure driving down the I-95 interstate motorway one night when her car decided to stop. It had run out of gas and she was driving to Philadelphia. She had to pull over somewhere and fill gas at the nearest gas station, reported the Daily Mail.

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