Can anyone point me to posts about "please send money" scams?

[tzikeh]

This can be in fandom or on the 'net in general, but fandom would be more appreciated. Here are the parameters I need:

• The person in question asked for donations, either for themselves or for "a friend"
  
• The situation requiring the donations was eventually proven to be untrue.

It can't be someone who never asked for money, but other people decided to

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[carbonel]

Wikipedia has a list of cancer victim hoaxes. Some of them used Facebook, which would seem to fit your requirement, though it's not fandom.