Yanbu. I would never donate to a cause on one of these websites. She will likely get the money as the papers are running the story. There are enough people out there that do donate.
It bothers me because my grandad ends up reading about these things, feeling sorry for them and donating. He ends up leaving himself with no money to help people who really shouldn't be asking for it in the first place. He donated to bloody Dax tale of New York (or whatever it was called) and the homeless in Heathrow couple too.