The funeral of one of the Southport stabbing victims has been targeted by online scammers.
Bebe King, 6, was laid to rest on Saturday in a private funeral in Southport, but the cyber unit at Merseyside Police have told LBC they were made aware of numerous accounts on Facebook offering fake live-streams in return for 'donations'.Bebe's family had specifically asked for her funeral to be private.Merseyside Police said: "To take advantage of such a tragic incident is appalling and we want to give people advice on how to avoid being scammed.
"Officers from our Cyber Unit are aware of a number of Facebook accounts that provided a fake link to a 'live stream' of Bebe King’s funeral on Saturday 17 August, along with a link to a donations page."We want to offer some advice and tips to social media users on how to avoid being duped by similar scams in the future, particularly ahead of Elsie Dot Stancombe’s funeral tomorrow, Friday 23 August.
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