Friends and family of Joop Sparkes have been targeted by scammers on Facebook who have set up fake pages trying to get people to hand over money to livestream his funeral.
The grieving family of a tourist who died after jumping from a party boat in Prague have been targeted by sick funeral scammers.
His sister Jodie Wilson told the Record: "It's absolutely despicable that these people target families who are grieving."The sickening part was how quickly these pages were set up. We only found out that Joop's body had been found on Monday morning. Jodie continued: "They appear to have specifically targeted people who have commented on or responded to our posts over the last couple of weeks.Jodie's ordeal comes amidst a growing surge in fraudsters preying on mourners in an attempt to scam them for money.
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