Exposing grifters & crisis writers who weaponize chronic illness for financial gain. Documenting & screenshotting fundraisers based on lies: fraud by deception.
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I saw that, and I'm sure there will be a big campaign coming soon where she'll need money for travel costs to see her girlfriend. So ridiculous!!!! I hope Bryn Mawr brings up all these scamming fundraisers at her hearing!
(1 of 3) On June 7th, @SurvivingCFS's facility told her to stop fundraising. She did not listen and continued on with her scams.
In my opinion, it seems all of these fundraisers, combined with her openly admitting to being drunk while there, panhandling on the streets, not attending therapy, along with what was probably her reaction to staff when they changed her girlfriend's room, is what led to her discharge.
These are all the fundraisers she ran after being told she wasn't allowed to fundraise. So ridiculous! But, Kendra doesn't think she has to follow the rules like everyone else on Medicaid at the facility.
We know all about this scammer's "journey" and her time in the tent, where she started her first lie that she had MECFS that kicked off what began her career running these scam fundraisers, which has brought her in over $40,000 in the past few years. We also know exactly what her intentions are behind her posts. Everything she says or does on here is a lie to get her followers to send her money. Her advocacy is a joke!
I'm calling total bullshit on her saying that it got her illegally discharged from her mental health facility and led out in handcuffs. How many times has she changed that story already? First, she said it was because her followers were calling and threatening the staff. She can't keep her stories straight.
More than likely, she freaked out on staff when they moved her girlfriend, and police had to be called; they witnessed what she was doing and handcuffed her and took her to the hospital for a psych hold. She is no victim here!!!! Since Kendra has been at this facility, she has posted about being drunk twice, panhandled on the streets while simultaneously begging for money online, posted untrue abuse and starvation allegations against staff and framed it as advocacy, and always followed that with fundraisers. On June 7th, Bryn Mawr told her she wasn't allowed to fundraise. Since that time, Kendra went on to have 17 more fundraisers. Once her girlfriend moved into her room, she also included her in those fundraisers, making her an accomplice. That's why they were probably separated. She's also posted that she doesn't attend group therapy, and it would take her a long time to make up the sessions she's missed. It seems she violated a lot of rules while being in there. @SurvivingCFS only has herself to blame for all of her problems! Of course, though, she's going to play victim and beg for more money, as she always does.
And, while an inpatient at the latest hospital she tweeted, it feels like a nightmare. I bet that hospital was abusive too. Let's take a look at all the places she's been at since 2024 and has accused them all of being abusive and starving her, except for Thorek, which she wasn't allowed to post from. Obviously, all places you go to for MECFS, right? And obviously none of these are homeless shelters, as some of her followers believe. And all her costs of living are covered by these facilities, and she has a strict personal monthly allowance that she cannot exceed. She consistently exceeds that in every fundraiser. Again, 17 fundraisers since they told her to stop! Let's see how long until she starts fundraising from her new facility, which she still is not allowed to do.
Since September 2024:
Streamwood Behavioral Healthcare, to
Joliet Terrace/Psychiatric Facility, to
St. Mary's Hospital/Psych Floor, back to
Joliet Terrace/Psychiatric Facility
Bryn Mawr Care/Psychiatric Facility, to
Thorek Hospital/Psych Floor, back to
Bryn Mawr Care/Psychiatric Facility (Months later, discharged, led out by police, handcuffed)
Masonic Hospital/Psych Floor
New facility (Currently)
Truly crazy that any sane person believes any story that Kendra is telling at this point. If anyone out there is still sending her money, I have a bridge to sell you.
This scammer does not represent me or anyone else I know within the disabled community. For her to even say she represents any one of us is truly embarrassing.
An actual reality check for Kendra (@SurvivingCFS) and her cult of followers. She claims she is "trapped" and "starving" inside an "abusive" facility that stops her from working and moving into her own place. Let’s look at what actual Bryn Mawr Care patients, and a former employee have to say in some of their online reviews.
1. "Have totally helped me with seeking employment"
"Provided me with my own cell phone"
"They are beginning to help me search for my own apartment"
"Thoroughly grateful for the clothing they provide when we are in need of clothes"
"Great deal of leniency in terms of our curfew"
"Allowed to take day passes and weekend passes away from the premises as long as we attend daily groups"
2. "Food is good, you get seconds if you're hungry.
I don't like everything on the menu, but I can get a substitute."
"This place treats you with dignity"
3. "I love the staff here and the food is great here- we definitely get fed"
"My caseworker has helped me with clothes, getting a free RTA card for transportation, and working towards government assistance"
"Overall, I love it here so much. I wish I could stay here as long as I can"
4. "It's been 30 days since I left Bryn Mawr Care"
"I must state that all of the great things that have happened in my life over the last 16 months or so would not have been possible without Dr. McCall and her outstanding program"
"I am writing this review from my new apartment."
So, the foods great plus seconds if you're hungry, and substitutes if you don't like something. Free RTA bus pass for transportation, free phone, free clothes, leniency with day/weekend passes to leave facility, they help with getting government assistance, employment and apartments.
This scammer isn't trapped by Bryn Mawr Care; she is trapped by her own addiction to playing a victim, role playing an advocate on X, and scamming people out of their money. Stop funding her fiction! #Liar #Fraud
Right! She's getting help, but she's denying it, so people donate, and she gets extra money on top of that help! It's insane and very predictable as to what she's doing at this point.
THIS!!!!!! And to say that's what is improving your life when you're dodging the therapy and care you are required to do, and that is free to her, and taxpayers are paying for, is just ridiculous!
Kendra (@SurvivingCFS) just posted a video trying to claim Bryn Mawr Care is "retaliating" against her and separating her because she's gay. But the audio she captured completely backfired and exposed her lie.
In the video, Kendra tries to weaponize her identity, screaming about discrimination. In the background, a facility worker calmly responds: "Well, I'm gay too."
Shout-out to that staff member for calling out Kendra's lies and bullshit! She knows damn well this has nothing to do with being gay! This scammer couldn't be honest if her life depended on it. She shut down that video quick once that happened!
What's the real story here? Could it possibly have anything to do with all the scam fundraisers she's been running that she's been told she's not allowed to do?
It’s hilarious how Kendra’s (@SurvivingCFS) narrative changes based on what she wants from her followers.
When she wants your cash: She stays deliberately vague. She implies she’s in a "shelter" environment with no food, no clean clothes, and no rights so you feel guilty enough to drop cash into her Venmo, PayPal and CashApp.🤬
When she gets caught breaking rules: The moment facility administration holds her accountable, she flies into a rage and exposes her entire setup, posting screenshots of where she really lives. 🏢🏢
To put the staff on blast, she names the exact facility: Bryn Mawr Care. What happens when you look it up? You find out it’s a licensed state-funded mental health facility where Illinois taxpayers cover 100% of her rent, utilities, healthcare, and food. The facility's own official pages confirm they provide free on-site laundry and cafeteria seconds.
She literally doxed her own setup just because she was mad that she couldn’t cohabitate and run an illegal off the books crowdfunding business from a state-subsidized room. Her mask didn't just slip, she threw it off out of anger. 🛑
Some of us have noticed 2 out of this scammers last 3 posts mention God. Are Christians the new demographic she's now going to target for her scams?
By adding "God" and "pray to God" to her timeline after her numbers tanked, the scammer is broadening her demographic target to reel in faith based communities known for charitable giving.
@SurvivingCFS is running a masterclass in community-hopping. When one group hits donor fatigue, she just switches her vocabulary to exploit a brand new demographic.
To the religious communities and all Christians on X, please be aware of this scammer and the games she plays. Over $40k made from her scams!
Talking about entitlement. Check out, @SurvivingCFS, a scammer who lives on the taxpayer's dime at a mental health facility in Illinois but has her followers convinced she's in a homeless shelter being abused and starved by staff, and living with MECFS. She's made over $40k in online donations since Oct 2023. Reality is, her diagnosis is actually schizoaffective disorder and borderline personality disorder. Uses donations for wigs, makeup, and DoorDash. Zero financial obligations! teapawt.net/ScamFinderSam/status/2…
🚨THE CHRONIC GRIFT OF @SurvivingCFS EXPOSED:
This timeline of screenshots (more in comments) proves exactly how Kendra has spent years exploiting her followers for over $40k of unreportable cash while living cost free to her in mental health facilities on the taxpayer's money in Illinois.
She manufactures extreme lies about her medical diagnosis, facility neglect, and "starvation" to run continuous cash campaigns and GoFundMe's, completely bypassing the strict $60 monthly Medicaid Personal Needs Allowance (PNA) limit allowed for anyone else in her situation.
Illinois taxpayers have spent over $137,500+ so far to house her.
What Illinois Taxpayers Fully Cover:
🏠 Free rent & utilities (Plus rooming with her girlfriend)
🩺 Free 24/7 medical, psychiatric care, & transport
🧼 Free laundry & daily housekeeping
💻 Free Wi-Fi, cable, & 3 meals a day
Facilities she's been in the past few years.
Since September 2023:
Streamwood Behavioral Healthcare, to
Joliet Terrace/Psychiatric Facility, to
St. Mary's Hospital/Psych Floor, back to
Joliet Terrace/Psychiatric Facility
Bryn Mawr Care/Psychiatric Facility, to
Thorek Hospital/Psych Floor, back to
Bryn Mawr Care/Psychiatric Facility
The Reality: She has ZERO financial obligations. Both facilities have offered free independent housing vouchers if she completes rehabilitation—but she deliberately skips therapy to preserve her online victim persona and keep her personal fintech ATM flowing.
You've heard of Scamanda, you've heard of Ash Trevino. Now, check out Kendra. She runs her scams from her Medicaid bed in a mental health facility, Bryn Mawr Care, in Chicago. Before that, she ran the exact same scams with the same lies out of Joliet Terrace in Joliet, Illinois.
She has her followers convinced she has MECFS when her actual diagnosis is borderline personality disorder and schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type. Screenshots are in the comments.
It's time for the government to stop this, the media to take notice and call her out, and her followers to stop enabling this behavior of hers.
I will add, since I put this timeline together, she has continued to beg and has asked for more money and has continued the lies about her facility directly after, claiming they were starving her and to watch out for retaliation over her posting about it.
More than likely, she got busted for asking followers for more money, which the facility already told her to stop doing. When she got held accountable for it, she made up another lie to try and make them seem abusive. Her game never ends. It's predictable at this point!
If you've ever donated to her, I highly recommend you file a police report for fraud. That will stop this. You could also call Bryn Mawr Care in Chicago and let them know what she's doing and file a complaint online with Medicaid's fraud department. No one should be getting away with this! Enough is enough! Kendra has zero financial responsibilities. There is no need for her to beg others for this money other than greed! There are many others out there truly in need.
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She always has something to say when she needs money. Throwing her facility and the staff members under the bus, and continuously making herself a victim. The never-ending grift and the stories are stale. Be on the lookout. It seems a new scam is approaching.
And, there it is, she needs money, again. We all knew she couldn't go long without coming back and bringing this up. Smh.
I've notice that too and also wondered the same thing. She used to use @AthenaCFS as a backup, but it doesn't seem like she's using that one either. Maybe the state has finally caught on to her? I won't get my hopes up though. By tomorrow she'll probably be back to her old game again.
The scammer has been quiet since she last begged for money a week ago. An account with over 11,000 followers, managing to pull in only 80 retweets on a post where she claims to be flat broke, is a massive indicator that her followers are hitting donor fatigue or catching onto the inconsistencies.
When she returns, she will likely weaponize this exact period of silence. I expect her to re-emerge soon to claim things have gotten even worse, and she'll have another reason she needs more money.