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SMC22307

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3. That text doesn't prove that Bobbitt wasn't part of the initial planning.

Reply to LisaL (Reply #1)

Sun Nov 18, 2018, 12:14 PM

Nov 2018

It sounds as if he planted the seed and the couple nurtured it. Did McClure's friend report the scam to law enforcement after reading the texts? Did Bobbitt's brother know about the scam? I read that Bobbitt and he wanted to take off to Montana. Everyone in that orbit sounds pretty sleazy.

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Go Fund Me Scam beneficiary may have been mastermind of plot [View all] cyclonefence Nov 2018 OP

He hasn't collected any money off the 2012 story as far as I know. LisaL Nov 2018 #1

That text doesn't prove that Bobbitt wasn't part of the initial planning. SMC22307 Nov 2018 #3

There are some texts that suggest they started the campaign without maybe the homeless guy knowing. LisaL Nov 2018 #2

Now that one makes her sound like the mastermind. (n/t) SMC22307 Nov 2018 #4

It's just suspicious to me that the story they used was pretty much cyclonefence Nov 2018 #5