Crooks will call families and say they are from the funeral home and threaten that services or cremations will be canceled if they don’t make an immediate deposit.
“If there was a Scammers Hall of Shame, this one would make the Top 10 List, without question,” the Federal Trade CommissionThe scam starts with scouring recent obituaries to identify families and find the other details they need, like the name of the funeral home and even the directors.
Others say to tell the victim that services will be canceled if they don’t send money, or try to convince them they’re paying for insurance to cover the services in case something happens.The day after Motto’s husband died, she received an “urgent” call from a man saying she needed to send $5,000, or an initial installment of $2,500, through Zelle or Apple Pay, according to reports.Lisa Ann Motto lost her husband of 22 years to lung cancer in July.
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