Jay Slater live stream scams are sweeping the web ahead of the 19-year-old's funeral. The apprentice bricklayer vanished in mid-June before being four after an agonising four week search in the Canary Islands, with a coroner and inquest confirming he had "fallen from a height". Jay has now been flown home to Lancashire - but cruel trolls and scammers are now trying to take advantage of his funeral.
Jay's funeral is being targeted by 'vile trolls' and scammers looking to profit off the teen's death, a charity working with the family say. Chief Executive Matthew Searle, from LBT Global, said: “We are inundated with reports of these scams, and as fast as we can get the platforms to remove them, more appear. To be completely clear – there is no live stream of Jay’s funeral, and anyone claiming to offer one is a scam.
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"It is so typical of the vile trolling this family have received for them to target something so special as a funeral.” An LBT press release said funds will be used to help "tackle online trolling and misinformation spreading aimed at victims and families of missing people, seen at worryingly high levels throughout Jay’s case". The cost of the funeral is set to.