Beware the post from this week of the mom with two kids asking for prayers...
Many here have been fooled and sent this couple money. This couple (posting separately as "single mother" and "single dad") are known scammers named Estella and Daniel, based in the Irving area of DFW. They have been doing this on and off for over a year. They do not currently have custody of the children. The MO is to get people to send them money for her and Daniel to actually live off of and purchase frivolities. If you have had contact with them, please feel free to PM me and I can provide you contact to report (many of you have already, thank you).
Link to original post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/sanantonio/comments/1x18qfe/removed_by_moderator/
Boyfriend Daniels post(convicted felon):
https://www.reddit.com/r/sanantonio/comments/1wu760l/gonna_put_my_pride_aside/
Daniel R - Keyboard beggars powered by Starbucks
Estella C - not the meek \"single mom\" you expected
Here's where some of your donated funds just went - posted by Daniel on 10/11/2026 in PM (Daniel collects action figures):
This retails for $70...yet \"no money to feed kids, homeless, etc\"
UPDATE: Both Estella and Daniel have deleted their spam accounts tied to these post since I posted this, but they will be back. Daniel has made at least 15 accounts in the last 2 months alone. Daniel even posted on this post with a 1 month old account suggesting this post calling them out is AI (see in comments iambatman)...they underestimate the communities who monitor their illicit activity.
I encourage you to share on FB and NextDoor as they target both of these platforms as well, and often those communities are even more vulnerable to scams.
These two think posting with "single mom" and "single dad" is their ticket to other people's money, your money. With your help, their "luck" is about to run out, and unsuspecting people's scarce resources can be spared from being squandered to their lies .
The community is coming together to make this part of the permanent name searchable public record - feel free to spread and share:
https://www.ripoffreport.com/report/estella-leann-cruz-daniel/multiple-burner-reddit-sub-1542956