This is a story of the power of providing, greed, and the unraveling of a crowdsourcing scheme as a result of pompousness as well as clumsiness. Throughout the holiday season of 2017, Mark D'Amico as well as Kate McClure began a Gofundme fundraiser to help a homeless veteran heroin addict. It went viral and also captured the hearts of 14,000 people worldwide, as well as elevated numerous hundreds of dollars. When a team of reporters and authorities started to take notice, the brazen scheme fallen apart.