Are Cancer Imposters Despos or Psychopaths?

It is a common tale – individuals reaching to buddies and kin on ‘Facebook’ or on blogs for professing they are victims of cancer and require aid to pay for therapies or their final wish. These pals and kin members then start reaching out to many more people and then contributions start to pour in.

However it turns out that several of such individuals are not really ill and presently stand indicted of telling lies regarding sickness for conning individuals out of cash.

Twenty-three year old Ashley Kirilow is one such of the scores of suspected persons responsible for tricking people. Her dad came clean about his daughter on a famed morning news program ‘Good Morning America’. Mr. Kirlow stated that his daughter did in fact post a message on Facebook notifying all that she would die soon and requested money for a charitable trust ‘Change for a Cure’. Following a father-daughter confrontation Ashley confessed to not being a cancer patient. Ashley has been held guilty for 3 counts of swindling below five thousand dollars and 1 count of swindling over five thousand dollars and is due to make a court appearance in the later part of August.

Shaving off the hair on her head, eyebrows; plucking off her lashes and starving herself to resemble a patient undergoing chemotherapy sessions were all part of Ashley’s efforts to appear genuinely cancer-ridden.

During an interview, Ashley came clean about the deception and furnished reasons like seeking attention and getting even with her kin for her despondent infancy.

It is no surprise that Ashley’s Facebook page is filled with hate notes and yet active.

Cancer Charity Rackets – Why do these people engage in such acts?

Psychologists point out that hoaxers scam peoples for an array of reasons, however they mostly select this route since it appear to be working in many cases to make it a lucrative venture. These canards perceive the susceptible side of individuals and cash in on that weakness, thus hurting them.

Specialists point out that several individuals committing such frauds lack sense of right and wrong. As they hardly ever feel guilty or shameful about their illicit tricks, they mostly continue to bilk innocent people till their lid is finally blown open and are caught red-handed.

Many of these fraudsters later on feel remorse and are keen to repay all those they conned.

Regrettably several genuine charitable trusts have to bear the brunt of these deceptions. Accounts of cheats only make it trickier for these organizations to raise funds since individuals have a tendency of lumping together all charities into one and thinking that they too are dubious and deceiving.

Many specialists deem such swindlers as suffering from mental illness while others state that their greediness and self-centredness are psychological imbalances.

Although those victimized as a result of such crimes ail mentally rather than physically thus leaving people deceived and wondering if their kindness was at all necessary. These people feel anger towards the fraudster and themselves.