Kevin Samuels' Family Won't Accept Money Raised Through GoFundMe

Kevin Samuels‘ family says an imposter is behind a GoFundMe created to raise money for his funeral expenses, and even though they were offered the cash … they won’t accept the money.

Social media was buzzing after the fundraising page popped up, many calling Kevin’s family hypocrites for seeking financial help … as he always preached a message of financial independence without handouts.

However, a source with direct knowledge tells us they reached out to Kevin’s family to verify the account and learned the family did NOT create it … so GoFundMe scrubbed the fundraiser from its platform.

Not only that, our sources say GoFundMe offered Kevin’s family the few hundred bucks raised on the fake page … but they refused to accept it, so it was returned to donors.

TMZ broke the story, the woman Samuels was with desperately tried to save his life — performing CPR as she dialed 911 — but unfortunately, he didn’t make it. It’s believed Kevin suffered a heart attack.