Ankur Desai

World of Secrets uncovers a network of scammers deceiving desperate parents searching for help for their children with cancer.

I trusted him a lot and this is what he did to me.

Who say they never received the money raised in their children's names.

They promised him toys and whatever he wanted if he agreed to film the video.

Please help me, please.

World of Secrets, the child cancer scam from the BBC World Service.

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A scam exploiting vulnerable families with sick children.

I would have done anything to get the medicine for Khalil.

They were going to upload it to social media.

Millions of dollars pour in, but the families never receive the money.

He told us it wasn't successful.

As I understood it, the video just didn't make any money.

World of Secrets, the child cancer scam from the BBC World Service.

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It's been suggested that for the first time this century, the number of children dying before their fifth birthday is projected to rise.

That's the finding of the Gates Foundation, led by the tech billionaire Bill Gates.

Their new report finds that in 2024, 4.6 million children died before their fifth birthday, and that this number is projected to rise by 200,000 to an estimated 4.8 million children this year.

It's being attributed to large cuts in aid from wealthy countries.

Mark Sussman is CEO of the Gates Foundation.