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Unidos por Lorenzo website flagged as potential hoax
A website titled ‘Unidos por Lorenzo’ is circulating via sponsored social media advertisements, claiming to collect donations for a mother named Vanessa. The campaign states that Vanessa, a single parent, is struggling to balance the costs of caring for her eldest son, Mateus, with the need to purchase a motorized wheelchair for her four-year-old son, Lorenzo.
The narrative describes Lorenzo as being born without arms or legs and emphasizes the emotional difficulty of the family's financial situation. However, the nature of the site and the claims made in the advertisements have been flagged for scrutiny.