Levi Tracy: Heartbreaking blow for grieving parents days after Perth teen lost his brave fight for life with cancer

The father of a brave young Australian who tragically lost his battle with cancer is taking aim at scammers trying to profit from his death.

Levi Tracy, 19, died last week at Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth after a two-year battle with acute myeloid leukaemia.

The disease is caused by an abnormal growth of white blood cells that create tumors in the body. The condition prevents the immune system from fighting bacteria and infections.

Levi’s battle with cancer captured the hearts of many Australians who have followed his story over the years.

But now his father, Mark, has revealed that fraudsters have allegedly taken advantage of his son’s recent death,

He is devastated that alleged online scammers have used his son’s name and photo in an attempt to solicit donations from followers.

“It’s really in bad taste,” Mr. Tracy said. PerthNow.

“I’m trying to be polite without losing my shit.”

Administrators of the Facebook group Lifeline for Levi, which has 4,000 members, said it was “a pretty sad day when someone blames a young boy for his death”.

They claimed that the scammers approached members and asked for “any contribution, big or small.”

“I would like to ask for your support during this difficult time,” read one of the fake messages.

‘Recently our beloved Levi passed away. He leaves behind a family that needs our help.’

‘To help them during this difficult time, I am looking for donations to cover funeral expenses and provide financial support.’

An official GoFundMe The page set up on their behalf by family friend Deb Butler has raised more than $22,500 so far.

Mr Tracy said Go Fund Me was the only official channel for donations.

“We are very grateful for all the support we have received and we are very proud of it. However, we have never asked for a donation,” he said.

“If you want to do that, feel free to donate. We appreciate anything we get, but we never asked for it.”

The distraught father also urged Australians to donate blood if possible to help people in a similar situation to Levi.

“Levi was taking multiple (blood) products a day, but toward the end it got pretty hectic,” he said.

‘There were two days where he had eight or nine bags of different products, and that has to come from somewhere.

“And Levi is just one of many people who are in this situation. So we need everyone who is able to… take the time to help someone else, to save a loved one – because we know from our own experience how important that is.”

Mr Tracy broke the news of his son’s death last Tuesday.

“This day was not meant to come,” he wrote.

“We are broken like no other. We have no idea how to move on and carry on, but we will find a way. Levi would want that.”

‘He fought really hard and never gave up, the mountain was just too big.’

Mr Tracy explained that doctors had struggled to stabilise him in the early hours of Monday morning before the family visited him later that day.

Levi, who lived in Perth, was first diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin T-cell lymphoma when he was just seven years old.

After undergoing multiple rounds of chemotherapy for two and a half years, he was finally in remission before he turned 10.

But Levi, who had found a job as a FIFO worker before his hospital stay, was dealt a devastating blow when he was diagnosed with cancer for the second time at the age of 17.

His family tried to find a matching blood stem cell so Levi could undergo a life-saving bone marrow transplant.

This procedure allows a person who does not produce enough healthy blood cells to receive the protein from a healthy person who can supply the essential fluid.

Friends and loved ones provided constant updates on Levi’s condition via social media.

Levi’s funeral will be held this Friday (July 12) at a time and location to be determined.