There is a new scam going around. The scam is targeting grieving famiiies. A Tulsa family was conned out of hundreds of dollars after they received a call from supposively an insurance company. The call couldn't have come at a better time as the family was struggling, trying to figure out how to pay for their mother's funeral.
The caller said that the famiy had a payout due them from an insurance policy the grandmother had and the mother was the benificiary and each child would receive a large sum of money, $240,000. But in order to receive a check they would have to pay a $593.00 fee to issue the checks to the each kids. Being in a very vulnerable state and not thinking, believing that this coud help them out, the money was sent.
What the scammer does is go online and find an obituary. The obituary list all the family members and information they need to pull off the scam.The is a vulnerable time when people are distraught and aren't thinking straight so even though they know better, they fall victim to the