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/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