"Someone is now trying to scam money from the very generous people who plan on pledging their earnings in memory of Amiyah," he wrote on Facebook on Tuesday. "I honestly can't believe the nerve of some people?? Seriously had enough of this!!!" The fake GoFundMe page appears to have been taken down. A genuine fundraiser, which has raised more than $10,000, remains online. It comes days after the grieving parents faced Malaysian woman, Siti Nurhidayah Kamal, 24, in court.

She is accused of claiming to have the lost mobile phone belonging to Mrs Windross, which held irreplaceable photos of their dying daughter. Amiyah died last Wednesday morning at the Monash Children's Hospital from an undiagnosed neurological condition she had battled since she was born. Ms Kamal, who is a mother herself, allegedly demanded $1000 in exchange for the phone. Siti Nurhidayah Kamal, 24, has been charged with blackmail for allegedly trying to dupe grieving parents out of $1000. Credit:Facebook She is charged with blackmail. Mr and Mrs Windross launched a public appeal last week for the return of Dee's missing mobile phone, which was snatched from the toilets near Target at Chadstone Shopping Centre over the Easter long weekend.

The parents begged for the Samsung Galaxy S8 with a purple cover to be returned, no questions asked, as it contained priceless memories of Amiyah. Mr Windross said he and his wife were saying their final goodbyes to Amiyah when he received a text message from someone claiming to have Dee's missing mobile phone. "This text message described serious remorse for picking up the phone and not returning it sooner," Mr Windross wrote on Facebook. "However, their condition was, they wanted $1000 to be deposited into their account for the return of the phone. "While trying to spend every emotional minute with Amiyah and giving her all of my attention, I'm also responding to someone claiming to have our phone with all the memories of her."

The couple later found out it was a hoax. "They had seen our desperate situation, seen we had no problem paying a reward and used that to their advantage. ... Not only was it a complete and utter waste of my time, it was interrupting my final moments with my dying daughter," Mr Windross said. The court heard Ms Kamal and her husband, who have two young children in Malaysia, both worked as Uber Eats delivery cyclists in Melbourne and had been struggling financially, Nine News reported. The Windross family are still desperate to find the missing phone. Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.