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[UK] Scammer pretending his cats need medical aid. https://rescue-hearts.org
A UK scammer used AI-generated images of cats needing medical aid on Facebook to solicit donations, directing funds to a private website to avoid oversight.
- Incident date
- May 2026
- Target
- Cats needing medical aid
Updated May 19, 2026 · 1 min read
A scammer on Facebook used AI-generated images to solicit donations for cats needing medical aid. The scam, reported on Reddit in May 2026, involved an ad featuring AI-generated images of cats supposedly requiring medical attention.
What happened
The scammer posted on Facebook and linked to a private website to collect donations, making it difficult to report the activity. The scammer used AI-generated images of cats needing medical aid on Facebook to solicit donations, directing funds to a private website to avoid oversight. The scammer also stole images from a real GoFundMe campaign.