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 <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pauldotcom mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAktCPvwACgkQkOgHKNOb0dHadwCgo6mEwv9BjGWW9FYUIxdnpnhE > nYIAnimkfe96/t5zgsmGB5TS0X6uYmSq > =lyIp > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >
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