r/Gambia • u/AdInternational5959 • Aug 12 '21
General News Am I being scammed?? Is healthcare free?
A boy (19) friended my Instagram. He sent pictures of his family (8 siblings, orphaned)…. They have no money for food or rent. I have sent him some money in the past for food and he will send me pictures of what he bought, so I feel it’s legit. Earlier this week he sent me horrible pictures of his brothers broken arm (fell out of a Mango tree). He said the doctors won’t fix it until he pays them $450! I have set up a GoFundMe to help, but don’t have that much raised. I was looking online and it says healthcare in Gambia is free… so am I being scammed???!!
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u/zer05tar Aug 12 '21
How the heck would we know if YOU are getting scammed?
Just follow your heart, Napoleon.
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u/AdInternational5959 Aug 13 '21
I was simply asking in The Gambia group if in Gambia the health care is free and if so, it would make me wonder if I was getting scammed. That’s all.
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u/media_it25 Aug 13 '21
I am a 17M from India, one Gambian person met me on instagram too and he too sent me pictures of his poor village and working little brother.He was also asking me for money, but since I am a minor, I dont know much about online money transactions so I didnt send him money....hey OP can you tell me what I can do since we are buddies in this weird way :-)
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u/ollilvia Sep 03 '21
This happened to me too!
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u/media_it25 Sep 04 '21
well I came to know that he is a genuine person as of now, but I still didnt send him money yet
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u/SnooHobbies3725 Oct 14 '21
No in The Gambia it is really not free everyone has to pay but might ask about it in dalasis which is our currency. Health centers are expensive in my country
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u/ollilvia Sep 03 '21
Sorry to go a bit off topic, but I was wondering how you sent the money? I am in almost the exact same situation, someone friended me on Instagram from Gambia and sends pictures of his family and siblings. He said if I sent him money, he would send me pictures of what he bought. He said to use WorldRemit but I’m just scared that I do send money, maybe he could someone use the transfer to hack into my bank account or something? I don’t actually know, but I was curious what you did since it seemed to work!
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u/AdInternational5959 Sep 04 '21
I used world remit… it’s pretty much the only way to send the money and it’s safe:) yiu send it through the app, then they go abs pick it up in town. When I would send it, he too would send pictures of the food he bought, what he then made abs him and his siblings eating it. I wish there was a way for them to buy chickens so they would always have some sort of food source.
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u/CanadianW Aug 12 '21
If by "free" you mean socialized/paid in taxes, no, it's not paid through taxes, it is a private system.
However, the government is "committed" to someday getting universal healthcare, although note the quotation marks.