Decapping fundraiser fraudulent? Maybe that's ok?

The idea of giving donations for first world boys is extremely ridiculous in every single situation. But you cant call it "fraudulent". There was no promisse of sucess at all.

Fraudulent, scam, what ever word you pick, it all means the same thing here. The idea is that people fear they were scammed out of their money. The donation process has been handled very unprofessionally, and weeks of silence after reaching the $2k goal with them suddenly saying "oh yeah, taxes, $300 more needed, kthnxbye" has left donators on edge. There has been no words of encouragement from the team asking for this money. Nobody has bothered to be consistently communicating on behalf of the team. Not one person has been thanked for handing them money that nobody had to give them. We essentially have gotten silence, and at this point, suspicious actions that may lead to promises ending up unfulfilled.

It was already a very long road to the $2k. The fact that nobody, in all that time, was capable of calculating the exact amount needed is ridiculous at best, and suspicious to the point of not deserving any more donations at the worst. They will be hard pressed to get that last $300 after how they handled this, and will be lucky to not receive requests for people to get their money back.

That is terribly run. I know it's difficult to raise money (especially fundraisers), and it's difficult to be professional about it. (Tell me about it, I ended up helping an organization apply for a bloody grant...)