A fake funeral livestream link has been circulating on social media once again.
Fraudsters created a fake Facebook page, purporting to be where people can stream Matthew Healy's funeral mass.
The young boy died in Dunmore East last week, and his funeral service is to take place in Cork tomorrow.
The scam asks people for their bank details to view the service - something the public will never be asked to do if they want to watch a funeral livestream.
A similar scam operated just a week ago, involving the young people who died in a road traffic collision in Carlow.
Beat News has contacted Facebook's parent company Meta on both occasions. The company has yet to respond.
People are being reminded to never send money or bank details to sites or pages claiming to stream funeral services.
Gardaí are aware of the fake live-stream links and have issued a warning for people to not engage with them.
In a statement to Beat News, they said:
"We are aware of posts circulating on social media which advertise the live streaming of the funeral mass of a recently deceased boy due to take place in Watergrasshill and Glenville Co. Cork.
The posts include a link which users are prompted to click on in order to watch the mass, and are then redirected to a webpage that captures their personal information.
Please do not engage with these posts."
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