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The Red Baron worker from last week's viral prank pauses his fundraiser at nearly $750,000

The Detroit News has his own words on why he is stepping back, and where he asks people to give instead.

New this week: Walt Zerod, the Red Baron delivery worker whose run-in with a prankster went viral (we covered the fundraiser in Issue 6), has paused the GoFundMe set up for him, The Detroit News reports. As of Nov. 5 it had raised nearly three-quarters of a million dollars from about 22,800 donations. It was started on Oct. 27 by an Arizona man, Luke Oakenshield.

"I still cannot believe how much you have all rallied behind us," Zerod wrote on the page, adding that he has been able to spend extra time at home with his family. He said he has become friends with Oakenshield and will not give media interviews: "My family's safety and privacy come first, and I feel this is the best decision for us." In the original two-minute clip, the prankster played a fake Apple Pay sound and claimed to have taken $10 from Zerod's phone while he stocked frozen pizzas.

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