Imposters pretending to be from a funeral home are threatening families that their funerals will be canceled if they don’t pay more immediately, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
The FTC says, here’s how to spot and avoid this scam:Honest businesses will give you time to make a decision. Anyone who pressures you to pay or give them your personal information is a scammer.
Use a phone number that you know is real, not one you got from the scammer’s text, email, or phone call. If you don’t know it, you’ll find it on the General Price List you got from the funeral home.Scammers want to get your money immediately, and in a way that makes it hard to track them down and hard for you to get your money back. Never pay someone who
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