thankyou daihashi for the reminder, I wont address any more of the straw men and will stay closer to the point.

steve you still haven't answered my questions -

How do you know that the donation link leads to a legitimate site?

How do you know this particular paypal account hasn't been set up to profit from people's sympathy?

What steps did you take to verify for yourself that it wasn't a scam?

Where is the information about the auditing of accounts available?

as to why I am still asking...

you still haven't answered my questions, isn't that enough?