A Harlem woman received a text message from a scammer posing as a funeral home employee within hours of her mother’s death.

Scammers are targeting grieving families in Southwest Virginia by impersonating funeral home directors and demanding additional payments for pre-arranged services. At least three funeral homes have ...

Scammers are targeting grieving families with funeral fraud. Learn how to protect your loved ones from 'ghosting'.

The New York Department of State warns against funeral and obituary scams, cautioning that criminals exploit grieving ...

Bradenton police say scammers are using caller ID spoofing and obituary information to demand fraudulent payments from ...

Scammers pose as funeral homes, demand immediate payment.

Websites are creating fake obituaries or reposting real ones without permission to profit from grieving families. These sites often mimic legitimate funeral home websites, leading families to order ...

New York officials warn consumers about funeral fraud, identity theft and scams targeting grieving families after a loved one ...

FBI: funeral scam stole millions; consumers urged to know their rights | 2 Wants to Know Deloris Evans bought a pre-paid funeral plan 50 years ago, but she got a letter saying her pre-paid funeral ...

BRADENTON, Fla. — Scammers in Bradenton are going after grieving families by collecting information from obituaries about loved ones who died, the Bradenton Police Department said on Monday. According ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Staten Islanders who were scammed out of money they had paid for future funerals can take some solace in the fact that their local elected officials are working to ensure no one ...