Funeral Service Stream Scams

[alanw]

I've just had a suspicious friend request on Facebook from "Thomas Funeral Service Live Stream". Firstly, there's the message "Please join us in celebrating the life of Mark Jonathon", then there's a link "Donation Here: https:// zoomlivetvhd.com/Sid-Perou-Funeral-Service/" (link deliberately broken) and a photo of Sid Perou. Visiting the site gives the error "An error occurred during a connection to zoomlivetvhd.com. Peer’s Certificate has been revoked. Error code: SEC_ERROR_REVOKED_CERTIFICATE". Commenting has been turned off on the post, so no way to warn those who have already accepted the friend request.

There have been previous attempts to scam grieving friends and relatives.

Grieving family warns of funeral service stream scam

A fake Facebook page was set up offering a live stream of the funeral of Alex Chadwick.

www.bbc.co.uk