Jay Slater’s funeral is targeted by scammers as warning is issued over ‘heartless and deeply disrespectful’ trolls

JAY Slater’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.

The shocking move has been labelled as “hurtful and deeply unrespectful” to the Brit’s heartbroken parents who only returned to the UK with Jay’s body last week.

Ian Whittaker

Trolls claim to have made up a livestream link where people can watch Jay’s funeral when it takes place in a few weeks.

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.

“As much as being hurtful and deeply unrespectful, this is taking vital donations away from a small charity. 

“We ask that anyone seeing one of these pages reports it to the platform. Please don’t follow them or send them money.

“It is so typical of the vile trolling this family have received for them to target something so special as a funeral.”

Jay’s mother Debbie Duncan, 55, made the heartbreaking journey home to the UK last week with father Warren, 58, and Jay’s brother Zak, 24.

The teen’s funeral is now set for Saturday, August, 10 in the Chapel at Accrington Crematorium.

The cost of the funeral is set to be covered by the GoFundMe page set up by Jay’s pal Lucy Mae Law in the days after he first disappeared.

The fundraiser has skyrocketed past £70,000 with more than 5,600 donations.