6. What fake cancer looks like | Madison Russo
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“A teenager is caught out when medical professionals spot holes in her cancer journey on social media”
Host Odeya portrays Dr Google to make sense of a teenagers desire to fabricate a cancer diagnoses that fools a community to lighten their wallets.
The delivery shares the Tiktokers rise and fall, a poor vitamin sales pitch and the reality of a scam that appears to be on the rise.
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Sources –
1. https://www.northscottpress.com/stories/i-feel-like-ive-been-rocked-to-my-soul,90082
2. https://nypost.com/2023/06/15/tiktok-cancer-scammer-madison-russo-pleads-guilty/
3. https://www.kwqc.com/2023/10/20/cancer-scam-victims-feel-betrayed-with-madison-russo-suspended-sentence/
4. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/madison-russo-tiktok-cancer-theft_n_648b6137e4b027d92f924ec9
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p12PtbKSFu8&t=22s
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO0OK8w4WDs
7. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/tiktok-cancer-scammer-sentenced-probation-31238984
8. https://people.com/iowa-woman-claimed-cancer-online-scam-must-pay-restitution-8374282
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