Identity theft is very common in todays’ world. It is very easy for almost anyone to get all kinds of information about you- either on the Internet, by calling and tricking you into disclosing information, or even from mail you might leave in your vehicle or home. A different kind of identity theft has been going on for many, many decades.
This is postmortem identity theft. That’s right, people can steal your identity even after you die. This can have disastrous consequences on your surviving family members when and if it is discovered.
How could something like this happen at all? Well, all it takes is an identity thief to read the obituaries and find someone who matches either what they look like or what their clients are looking for.
Once you have a name and birthday, all you have to do is go to city hall and get a death certificate. Social security numbers actually remain valid for a number of years after death due to paperwork pileup and overall population. This enables the use of that social security number for a long time with no worries.
The problems with postmortem identity theft arise when creditors notice this person is amassing...
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