ID Theft and the recently departed

[reswob10 at gmail.com (craig bowser)]

Here's a post from the Consumerist blog that might offer some other
suggestions:

http://consumerist.com/2009/12/if-your-adult-child-dies-do-you-have-to-pay-the-credit-card-debt.html

reswob

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Mad Marv <marv at madmarvonline.com> wrote:

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> Keep an eye out for random bills coming by snail mail.  Some scammers
> comb the obituaries and mail out bills relating to fictitious funeral
> expenses or past-due accounts figuring that the people handling the
> deceased's estate will simply pay whatever is put in front of them.
>
> My employer got one a couple of months ago.  I thought low tech scams
> had gone the way of the do-do but they are still out there.
>
> Marv
>
> Kevin wrote:
> > Hey list,
> > Long time lurker, 1st time poster.?
> >
> > We had a close family friend pass away on New Years Eve, and since I'm
> > their 'IT support' the question was posed to me:
> >
> > "What types of issues related to ID theft related to the deceased do
> > we have to worry about now?"
> >
> > In the past I've given them all the standard stuff, but I'm not sure
> > what type of additional scams/warning signs they might need to be on
> > the lookout for...and frankly my mind is too foggy right now to think
> > of vectors of attack myself.
> >
> > Any insight would be great.
> >
> > Kevin in San Diego
> >
> >
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