It Looks Like That Viral Story About A Bride Stealing $30,000 In Wedding Donations Was Just A Marketing Stunt
A single screengrab — and lack of Facebook reactions — were the likely giveaways.
A viral Facebook post allegedly written by a bride who canceled her $30,000 crowd-funded wedding and refused to return the money to her friends and family appears to have been a fake post created as a marketing stunt to drive traffic to a new website focused on ~ social media drama ~.
On Monday, screenshots claiming to show a bride canceling her $30,000 crowd-funded wedding via Facebook and her family's reactions were uploaded to /r/ChoosingBeggars.
In the screenshots, a bride named "Pam" announced that she and her fiancé "Edward" were cancelling their Dec. 1 wedding and not returning the $30,000 in donations they had received from their family and friends.
On Monday, screenshots claiming to show a bride canceling her $30,000 crowd-funded wedding via Facebook and her family's reactions were uploaded to /r/ChoosingBeggars.
In the screenshots, a bride named "Pam" announced that she and her fiancé "Edward" were cancelling their Dec. 1 wedding and not returning the $30,000 in donations they had received from their family and friends.
"Don't worry, the money you've donated will not be spent in vain but rather used towards a honeymoon in the coming months," Pam wrote. "After we regain financial stability and hold calm in our hearts after a honeymoon we will announce a new wedding date and re open [sic] our money fund for any further gifts. Weddings are expensive!"
Pam goes on to say that she's updating the couple's "gift fund registry on Amazon" for vacation gifts in case anyone wants to purchase anything for their upcoming trip, and reassures her Facebook friends that the new wedding — for which she is clearly expecting more financial contributions — is going to be "a HIT."
In a follow-up comment, the original poster shared another screenshot that claimed to be reactions to "Pam's" post. They're about what you'd expect.
Although the names of the "commenters" are blurred out, they are identified by their relationship to the bride and groom, for context — although not much context is needed, since everybody commenting is really angry.
The post blew up. It is currently the 14th most upvoted post of all time on the /r/ChoosingBeggars subreddit, where it was originally posted. The original poster's comments have thousands of upvotes.
Pam goes on to say that she's updating the couple's "gift fund registry on Amazon" for vacation gifts in case anyone wants to purchase anything for their upcoming trip, and reassures her Facebook friends that the new wedding — for which she is clearly expecting more financial contributions — is going to be "a HIT."
In a follow-up comment, the original poster shared another screenshot that claimed to be reactions to "Pam's" post. They're about what you'd expect.
Although the names of the "commenters" are blurred out, they are identified by their relationship to the bride and groom, for context — although not much context is needed, since everybody commenting is really angry.
The post blew up. It is currently the 14th most upvoted post of all time on the /r/ChoosingBeggars subreddit, where it was originally posted. The original poster's comments have thousands of upvotes.