If not properly planned for and protected against, identity thieves can strike after a person’s death and do financial damage that will affect surviving family members. Identity thieves may attend a person’s funeral or get access to personal files in the home while the family is mourning and off guard. To protect against identity theft after death, a list of tasks should be left for the executor of an estate for how to deactivate the person’s identity after they die.
See Adam Levin, The New Grave Robbers: Identity Thieves, Huffington Post, March 19, 2015.
Special thanks to Brian Cohan (Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Brian J. Cohan, P.C.) for bringing this article to my attention.
