I don't believe it is a scam. I believe they truly intend to raise the money for AOC's grandmother's benefit. Personally, I think that is just fine - as long as, The Bronx Valley Girl doesn't somehow try to co-opt the money for her own personal benefit, which I wouldn't put past her to try and do. It really is the perfect vehicle to show that AOC is a worthless, sleazy bitch ... she won't help out with her grandmother's financial need even though she's doing just fine financially - only because she's a Congress-critter. What a pathetic skank!
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence