The TikToker Who Scammed $358,000 With Bogus Fundraiser

the 358 thousand dollar tick tock scam began with this reddit thread right here posted on the 21st of may 2021 by a user named debbie f crankin it posed the question about how to raise 200 000 for a graphic design project in the space of only 40 days with absolutely no prior experience or anything to base it on commenters would state that in order to raise that much money in such a short period of time debbie would need to build up a community beforehand to which you would respond in a way that indicated interest reading do you mind giving me instructions to help me set up something like what you're mentioning to build said community debbie kranken would create a tick tock account on which she would also begin said fundraiser with a goal of 245 000 additionally giving everyone a brief overview of her career the only thing was this fundraiser wasn't anything to do with her original design project as discussed on reddit in fact it had nothing to do with her career at all the urgent 245 000 fundraiser was apparently for debbie's male to female transition fund the description made no mention of any design project either and instead focused on debbie's struggle as a transgender woman however the most important thing to note from debbie's fundraiser description was a statement regarding where the funds would go she'd passively mention that the money might be used for housing and transportation yet the overwhelming implication was that she needed finances to complete her transition even going so far as to show photos and descriptions of the doctors who will be assisting her in the process with the fundraiser established and ready to go debbie began to post consistently to a tick-tock with each video reinforcing this narrative that she was a struggling transgender woman in need of help from the community hey everyone my name is debbie i have no family members or friends to support me after moving across the country to escape unsafely situations and abuse i struggled to find a place to live for nearly a year after arriving in california after many would sympathize with her plight debbie gained over 50 000 followers within six months and subsequently small donations averaging between 20 and 40 dollars began to trickle into the fundraiser however the average donation amount and quantity would skyrocket after countless larger influences got involved to help debbie out one of these being a creator by the name of taversia who would create a two million view tick tock requesting that people go and help by donating to debbie's fundraiser in addition to raising awareness about debbie's gofundme taversia had also donated all of the money from her own tiktok creator fund as well as agreed to donate any money that she would make from personal brand deals and you gave what you earn from the creator fund and and any brand deals however taversia wouldn't be the only person to donate large amounts of money to the fundraiser as after it had gained traction with these larger influences the top donator list began to fill with one thousand two thousand and four thousand dollar donations reaching 76 000 by mid january 2022 however as the old saying goes there's no such thing as free money and it'll be at this point that debbie crankin the creator of the fundraiser began to get exposed in every way shape and form we have boosted your videos and tried helping you because we thought you were a struggling black transgender woman and you weaponized your own identity to scam the first red flag was without a doubt her response to having raised the initial 76 thousand dollars while most people would be happy thankful or grateful to have received this much money as a donation it will become increasingly obvious that debbie crankin had absolutely zero appreciation or gratitude for the money that had been donated hey everyone my name is debbie and i'm a black transgender woman this is gavin a white transgender man gavin was able to raise fifty thousand dollars in three days for his gofundme campaign i've been fundraising for months at this point for life-saving gender affirmative care and my basic survival needs and i'm still struggling to meet my full goal this is a perfect example of how the lgbtq community obviously doesn't care about the struggles of black transgender people she'd post ticktock such as the one just shown in which she didn't even acknowledge the amount that had already been donated and instead said that she was being discriminated against as another transgender tick tocker had raised fifty thousand dollars in three days which was unfair for debbie in addition to this those who donated and commented positive things on debbie's fundraiser would be met with hostility in return even when we were nice to you before the information spread around your spoiled ass was still hurtful to people hope it goes well thanks for straight up ignoring my request to take action by reposting sharing the video good luck debbie 813 likes but people still decide not to repost the video on instagram twitter facebook reddit etc keep fighting debbie i really hope the 586 people that liked this reposted the campaign but you will never listen to me so boost stop commenting this underneath my videos and all 485 people who liked this comment and didn't repost like stop following me you've already raised a significant amount of money and you're berating the people in your comments that are actually giving you positive energy sending positive vibes your way and it's not enough so you're upset with them it's giving ungrateful it's giving entitlement debbie crankin would also message taversia the girl who created the two million view tick tock for the fundraiser stating that two million views wasn't good enough and that she should have helped out more than she already had the video that you made for debbie was viewed over two million times she was still sending you messages guilt tripping you in in a way yeah yeah actually which was accompanied by a tick tock on debbie krangan's page stating this traverser has always been an extremely problematic creator and i should have never accepted her request to share my videos or support my campaign however things would become even worse when the audience discovered that this 76 thousand dollars was less than a quarter of the total amount that debbie had actually raised you're going to find out that this person has other gofundmes three other ones that i actually saw i don't know if there's more debbie's safe housing fund that has 10 000 raised debbie's transition and survival fund that was 139 000 raised this youtuber going by the name of life of lisz had discovered three other gofundmes while another tick tocker going by killer moon discovered that by searching debbie's name in the gofundme search bar a total of five different gofundmes would show up a copy a paste five gofundmes one has two the other 140k 65k 93k ntk people continue to search further under the suspicion that she may have even more at which point they'd find another four gofundme each of which having different goals with a money raised totaling over 350 thousand dollars you say that you have made no progress but you have nine different gofundmes and have raised over 350 thousand dollars it totaled out to over 350 000 that deborah was able to raise and actually scam people out of now after hearing that little clip you might still be thinking where's the scam sure she raised an absolutely insane amount of money across a bunch of different gofundmes yet she had been pretty upfront about where she planned on spending it being her gender transition or so she claimed this is where the story takes a bit of an interesting turn as it was being revealed that debbie had raised over and fifty thousand dollars for a gender transition surgery another male to female tick tocker by the name of zaya persian who had been through the surgery process came forward to expose debbie stating that a full transition would cost nowhere near the amount that debbie had raised okay y'all buckle up because today we're going to be talking about miss debra crankin in every single video she posts she is promoting her gofundme so that she is able to afford her full medical transition deborah herself has claimed that her gender dysphoria is too bad to get an actual job i myself have a gofundme for my transition just because i'm black and trans does not mean people are required to donate to me i'm getting top surgery and bottom surgery for less than thirty five thousand dollars and debra has raised over three hundred fifty thousand dollars and is still claiming that she doesn't have enough by the way 350 000 is more than enough for at least three different people to fully transition the more hopeful amongst her audience gave debbie the benefit of the doubt assuming that maybe she was going to a celebrity surgeon why are they so expensive oh she's living in beverly hills maybe she's going to a celebrity uh plastic surgeon that costs more however this was shut down by a different transgender woman named cece jacobs who would comment criminal mastermind first of all all male to female surgeries combined would be less than 100k even if you went to upscale surgeons for all of them feeling the heat from the allegations debbie cranker would clap back against zayar stating that she was the problem with the black transgender community i have not weaponized my identity this little girl just looks crazy as hell in these videos you should be ashamed of yourself for trying to tear down another black transgender person for some internet drama clout and you are the reason why the black transgender community is so divided you are the one perpetrating hate towards black transgender people and subsequently the two would end up in a hilarious live stream argument i'm working hard i'm actually doing it out here i actually have something a product to show people that you've worked on for over a year and you look like a clown and you look like a clown and people are gonna continue to support me and make people like you are not gonna stop me just keep begging babe you're a beggar that's what you are you guilt-trip people the reason i made a video about you is because you're begging for money for a transition that is already paid for you're already paid for you don't need any more money why are you asking for more when you have 350 000 instead of debbie addressing the claims on a tick tock with a decent rebuttal she'd simply make her profile private she has gone private so instead of answering these claims with a tick tock post she's gone private however this only seemed to bring more attention to the drama leading another tick tocker to expose debbie further by stating that in the state of california all of the surgeries can actually be completed for free i'm a black trans woman in los angeles all your surgeries through medicare can be done for free debbie does live in california she could get all these things for free but who needs three hundred thousand dollars for surgery so if the surgeries could be completed for free or for less than a hundred thousand dollars the obvious question was where had the excess money gone she has this expensive car an expensive apartment that she's paying and basically all of those funds went to supplement her lifestyle so from what we understand she hasn't really applied any of the money any of the three hundred and fifty thousand dollars to get surgery for her transition as it turns out zaya persian the girl who had argued with debbie on live stream wasn't finished with exposing this fraudster the real reason debbie feels like she doesn't have enough money is because she used the money from the gofundme to get a luxury apartment in beverly hills that is over 3 000 a month she's asking for 10 000 for furniture and she put 7 000 down on an audi a5 and she's claiming is that people don't share and donate that they're transphobic and they don't like black trans women after doing a little more digging zaya would come to find out that not only had debbie been renting a luxury los angeles apartment but she had also put a down payment on an audi a5 the price of which starting at over 40 000 us dollars debbie once again refuted these claims you lied and said i have an audi a5 i don't have an audi a5 so i don't know where the i said i have one or whether you or anybody else has seen me in an audi a5 i don't live in beverly hills you don't know my address however zaya went on to post further proof showing that debbie had been lying i hate to break it to you babe but this is a screenshot from your gofundme with the bill of your car payment and it says the color of your car is my those black which is a custom audi color plus the car only has six miles which means it's brand new you may or may not live in beverly hills but you do live in a luxury apartment somewhere in los angeles because your rent is 3 300 a month and you said that you needed a car and a place to live for your survival and well-being but i don't think a brand new luxury car and apartment is required for survival as people were discovering this information about where the money had really gone other tick tockers began to regret their decision to donate this was a huge bummer to me since i donated to her while being a broke college student it's also a bummer to me as a trans person since i feel like no one is going to believe us anymore and this is arguably the most sinister part about the whole fundraiser they're getting a lot of people who are going to use this as an opportunity to hate against the trans community yes it's going to make a lot of people who want to help it makes them second guess uh doing that and then they get less help as a result what doesn't help is that tick tock removes almost any piece of media with a negative sentiment toward debbie crankin for example the live stream shown just previously was shut down midway through for spreading misinformation not sure what happened but somewhere in there it said hey miss misinformation while the creator going by killer moon who we showed earlier would make a comment on her video stating she blocked me as well but i tried making a video showing receipts and tick tock said it violated guidelines for bullying and harassment you might be able to argue that the story of debbie kranken represents one of the negative side effects of current popular culture in which the only socially acceptable opinion to have about someone like debbie is that she's a victim and nothing is going to change that as has clearly been the case with debbie crankin it breeds the potential for these individuals to believe that they're the only person suffering and are therefore entitled to unearned benefits when in reality we've all got a laundry list of unthinkably difficult personal problems that we're trying to solve every single day from the minute we wake up to the second we go to bed how can debbie crank him be so sure that she's suffering more than the person next to her when she never has been and never will be in their shoes none of us will ever have that opportunity to genuinely feel the pain of another person's daily struggle so why are we so naive in believing that one person has a life that's easier than anyone else's debbie's black and white thinking in a world of grey clearly hasn't changed much as she still updates her gofundme almost daily always making sure to include a rude message shaming her audience into donating such as this one from last week reading no donations i have not been raising any money and i've barely received any donations all year for my campaign this is a serious problem that's creating a lot of stress and a lot of problems i need to reach my full goal for my campaign and if the lack of support continues i'm gonna have to do something different approaching fundraising the lack of support has gone on for way too long and i'm currently unable to move forward with the remainder of my transition and i'm having trouble supporting myself in this time please share my campaign and be sure to donate again if you can i really need all hands on deck and more people helping to spread the word

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Length: 13min 45sec (825 seconds)

Published: Thu May 26 2022