Scammers are hoping to profit off the Titan submarine disaster. According to TMZ, there are multiple fraudulent GoFundMe accounts soliciting donations for search and rescue efforts as well as money for the families of the missing passengers.
The platform is acting and, in certain circumstances, scrubbing the pages. According to TMZ, their Trust & Safety team is monitoring the platform for fundraisers tied to the OceanGate sub, and 5 have already been banned. The pages were looking for a lot of money, with most of them setting six-figure objectives and others aiming for $2 million or more.
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The Titan submersible, operated by OceanGate Expeditions, has exploded in the Atlantic Ocean, according to press sources. On June 18, a submersible set off on a mission to survey the sunken Titanic debris off the coast of Newfoundland, but it lost contact two hours later.
The luxury expedition included a known Titanic specialist, a world record-holding explorer, two members of one of Pakistan’s wealthiest families, and the company’s CEO.
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On Sunday (18 June), the US Coast Guard and deep-sea water experts from Canada, the United Kingdom, and France launched a combined search for the Titan submarine, sparking a desperate worldwide rescue effort. However, the US Coast Guard announced Monday that there were no survivors of the tragic implosion deep in the North Atlantic.
Now that the Titanic-bound submersible’s destiny is known, attention is being paid to the “how” and “why” of the fatal implosion. The US Coast Guard said early today that the missing sub was destroyed in a “catastrophic implosion” during descent, killing all five people on board. Worldwide condolences and obituaries are being sent to the families of the departed crew members.
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The University of Strathclyde issued a statement for Suleman Dawood, who died with his father in the Titan sub catastrophe, while the Dawood family published an obituary honoring the father-son pair. Global mourning has been expressed for the victims of the sub mishap, from UK PM Rishi Sunak to the deep-sea explorers community.