MOBILE, Ala. (WALA)– A mother’s desperate plea, driving dozens of donations on GoFundMe, turns out to be a total dupe.

Someone claiming to be a mother of four in Mobile set up a , since deleted, GoFundMe page asking for donations to help bury her 2-year-old baby girl, who she claimed died after they were both “hit by stray bullets.”

The fundraiser raised nearly a thousand dollars.

It was published on May 16th.

Though it was detailed, the story