YouTuber Ryan Trahan is one of the rising new stars in the USA. With a 30-day event, he aims to support a charitable organization: However, his most diligent donor turned out to be a fraud.
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- YouTuber Ryan Trahan (23) is a rising star on YouTube. Although he is only 23, he has been posting videos on the platform for 10 years. At the beginning of his career, he shared tips for athletics. Nowadays, Trahan is known for his vlogs, challenges, and lifestyle videos. He is part of MrBeast’s circle.
- In a new challenge, Trahan starts with a penny and wants to make his way through the USA in 30 days by trading. He aims to get from Los Angeles to North Carolina with the penny: That’s over 4,000 kilometers. Upon arrival, he plans to ceremoniously hand over the penny to MrBeast.
- The trip is primarily intended as a “charity run” for the charitable organization Feeding America, which corresponds to our “food bank.” The event is going great: He has already raised $1.36 million with his “1 Penny. 1 Million Meals” event, but there is trouble.
In the live stream, there are ongoing controversies:
Nice man announces in video call he will donate $100,000 – Is celebrated
What caused the excitement? There were some prominent donations at the event: MrBeast himself donated $50,000 to reset Trahan’s progress so that he falls back to $1 from his earned money.
However, a man named “Paul Dodds,” who had just started on YouTube, proved to be a super donor.
Dodds had already climbed to the top of the top donors with $50,000 when Trahan reported on day 11 of the event: “Top donor Paul Dodds just contacted me and asked if I have time for a conversation. So I will speak with him shortly.”
In a video call, Dodds pledged to donate another $100,000 and seemingly did so later.
Trahan praised Dodds extensively as the “kindest person on the platform.”
In fact, the $100,000 seemingly arrived, and Dodds was now at the top of the donation list with over $150,000.
As the site Sportskeeda reports, Dodds also benefited from the conversation with Trahan: His YouTube numbers reportedly exploded after the video call.
Here in the video, you can see Trahan’s video call with Paul Dodds (segment starts at 0:24):
Name only displayed blurred – Donations were apparently not real
Here’s how it continued: This good mood was over just a few days later.
Paul Dodds’ name suddenly appeared blurred in the lists of top donors – and this was the case across all videos on the channel.
Moreover, Dodds had now deleted his entire appearance from social media.
This is now the discussion: There is still no confirmation about what exactly happened. However, many believe on YouTube that the donations from Dodds were a scam to gain attention and positive feedback in the meantime. Apparently, the donations were charged back or otherwise turned out to be false.
Some are even saying on Twitter that the man is a known fraudster who has previously scammed people with other frauds.
Trahan has not yet made a statement about the matter: He apparently wants to keep his good mood and his great event from being ruined by such a situation.
There continues to be trouble on Twitch:
Twitch streamer collects donations for good cause, keeps the money for himself
