The Child Cancer Scam: Trailer
12/10/20254 min
Your child is critically ill with cancer. It’s the worst news you can get. But to make the situation even more awful, you struggle to afford the care they need. So, when someone tells you a foreign sponsor can help raise the money, you’ll do anything.
You make a video: your child begs for help from strangers online. But it comes to nothing. You wait and wait for the cash from the donations. It never comes, and all the while your child is fighting for their life.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
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Simi Jalosho· Host0:34
[gentle music] It's the sort of news every parent dreads.
Jean· Guest0:47
We were lost. We didn't know what we were going to do. Our whole world crashed.
Simi Jalosho· Host0:54
Your child is diagnosed with cancer.
Speaker 5· Guest0:58
At that moment I thought that was it, the end, a death sentence.
Simi Jalosho· Host1:04
It also triggers a financial crisis.
Jean· Guest1:09
We were faced with a very large bill. I really needed money for Khalil's treatment.
Simi Jalosho· Host1:14
But then there's a ray of hope.
Speaker 6· Soundbite1:18
Listen, Jean, this opportunity comes only once, so let's make the most of it.
Simi Jalosho· Host1:23
An international charity can help raise money.
Jean· Guest1:27
He just told us that the sponsor