Yes those responding are all false accounts, or 'sock puppets'. Which means the person writing the message is staging a narrative that things are legitimate to encourage good people to send over their hard earned dollars.

I know you enjoy downvoting man and if you don't need the cash stay locked in man. But if the money is something you need I would bow out bro. Things are not looking up and you wouldn't want to loose out on 15k USD.

Not financial advice, just a man to man.