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An online fundraising campaign is thought to have been duping generous people into donating cash to help with funeral costs of a 19-year-old good Samaritan who was gunned down in Steeltown last weekend.

Hamilton Police issued a warning Thursday about the “unauthorized” GoFundMe account in the name of murder victim Yosif Al-Hasnawi.

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“Police are advising the public not to donate to this account as it is unknown where the money is actually going,” cops said in a statement, explaining the victim’s family notified homicide investigators about the account entitled titled “Hamilton Hero Funeral Fundraiser.”

Photo of Brock University student Yosif Al-Hasnawi, 19, who was shot dead Saturday night outside his mosque in central Hamilton after trying to stop two men from harassing an older man on the street. (Photo courtesy of Amin Al-Tahir)

Police say their Major Fraud Branch is investigating the account.

Al-Hasnawi stepped in to stop two people who were “accosting” an older man near his mosque on Main St. E. on Dec. 2, police have said. The Brock University student was then gunned down on nearby Sanford Ave.

James Matheson, 20, is in custody facing an accessory after the fact to murder charge.

Photo by Hamilton Police Service handout

Late Thursday, Hamilton police said Dale Burningsky King, 19, who was wanted for second-degree murder in the shooting death, was arrested in Hagersville.

An unidentified woman was also arrested and charged as an accessory after the fact.

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