How to Spot Funeral Scams

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Funeral Scams to Avoid While in Mourning - AARP More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Franck Pramotton | permalink
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Funeral fraud and scams could cost you in your time of grief. Learn tips on how to spot faulty funeral arrangement prices.
Tags: funeral, scam, fraud, funeral arrangements, funeral homes, funeral costs, pricing, prices, mourning

For further reading: http://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/info-2014/beware-of-funeral-fraud.html ^[1]

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How to Avoid Funeral Home Scams More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Christian Sanne | permalink
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Tags: How to Avoid Funeral Home Scams, how to avoid funeral scams, preplanned funerals, local funeral homes versus "chains", if you were a victim

For further reading: http://dying.lovetoknow.com/burial-cremation/how-avoid-funeral-home-scams ^[2]

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How to Avoid Funeral Planning Scams More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by milco van der mark | permalink
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The average funeral costs more than $7,000. Avoid costly mistakes when planning or preplanning funeral arrangements to make sure your final investment is sound.

For further reading: http://www.angieslist.com/articles/how-avoid-funeral-planning-scams.htm ^[3]

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Prepaid Funeral Scam More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Wai Yau | permalink
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A Ponzi-like prepaid funeral scheme victimized 97,000 people in more than 16 states.

For further reading: http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2014/january/prepaid-funeral-scam ^[4]

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Category: Fun | 9 years, 5 month(s) ago

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1. http://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/info-2014/beware-of-funeral-fraud.html

2. http://dying.lovetoknow.com/burial-cremation/how-avoid-funeral-home-scams

3. http://www.angieslist.com/articles/how-avoid-funeral-planning-scams.htm

4. http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2014/january/prepaid-funeral-scam