Woman fakes cancer to raise $20K...

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Apparently, she wasn't that good of an actress.

A 23-year-old Canadian woman who went to extreme measures to fake having cancer— including shaving her head, starving herself and plucking her eyebrows — was arrested on Friday.

Ashley Kirilow, of Burlington, Ontario allegedly bilkedfamily, friendsand strangers out of $20,000 for her phony charity, which she said would fund cancer research.

Kirilow turned herself in and could face up to two years behind bars.

She told the Toronto Star that she faked the illness to get back at her family for her dysfunctional childhood, which included her parents battling over her custody.

"I took it as an opportunity to make my family feel bad for how I was treated," she told the paper.

For over a year, the young woman convinced volunteers to arrange benefits for her and even persuaded a cancer-awareness group to send her to Disney World.

She even had her knuckles tattooed with the words "LOVE LIFE" and "WONT QUIT."

The lie started in late 2008 when Kirilow was treated for a benign lump in one of her breasts. She then told everyone she knew that she had breast cancer.

Eventually, her parents and friends became suspicious after she told them she only had weeks to live.

Kirilow said she'd pay back those she took advantage of. As for the scammed cash, she already spent it all.

"I made a really big mistake and it's no ones fault but mine," she said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/08/07/2010-08-07_canadian_fraudster_ashley_kirilow_fakes_cancer_to_raise_20k_arrested.html

She showed them!

wow people can do crazy stuff for money , good thing they will reach a time were they will die and forget everything.gubrushadow

Now watch she will actually get cancer, and no one will care.

Now watch she will actually get cancer, and no one will care.

bsman00

wow people can do crazy stuff for money , good thing they will reach a time were they will die and forget everything.gubrushadow

Seems like she did do it because she wanted to get back at her family though. I mean if it was all about the money she wouldn't have turned herself in right?

Reading that makes me sick!

oh, canadians :lol:

[spoiler] :P [/spoiler]

Kirilow said she'd pay back those she took advantage of.

Fuhgeddabouditt

I'm sure she's telling the truth this time.

She dun goof'd. Except the real police are coming.:P

i wonder how she expected to get back at her family with this?

And I thought Canadians just stay in the background, doing nothing to irritate the rest of the world. :o

Wow she spent all the money o.o

Disney Land? now that was a poor choice.

and at the rest of the story:

i wonder how she expected to get back at her family with this?

needled24-7

She's cute. The firt pic anyways.

[QUOTE="gubrushadow"]wow people can do crazy stuff for money , good thing they will reach a time were they will die and forget everything.bigblunt537

Seems like she did do it because she wanted to get back at her family though. I mean if it was all about the money she wouldn't have turned herself in right?

this is just sick, how is this getting back at her parents?

this is just sick, how is this getting back at her parents?

scarecrowM

Obviously to embarrass them. I bet her parents are clicking on OT right now and looking at this thread. They are probably filled with shame that their daughter has a thread with pics of her on here.

She shouldn't receive a prison sentence. She should just be made to do community service ...

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... in Chernobyl!

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She should be forced to pay the people that gave her the money on top of the prison.

Stesilaus

Brilliant!

LOLZ :D