WISC TV, Madison, Wisconsin
http://www.channel3000.com/money/29067448/detail.html
It may be heartless, but is perfectly legal. Banks and credit card companies
are pursuing the relatives of deceased card holders nd loan customers in an effort to collect debts left behind by the dearly departed. Sometimes, the banks pounce before the body goes cold.
In the story linked above, a woman holding a wake for her husband who died a few days before, turned on the speaker her answering machine to recieve condolences. Instead, she got computer-generated harassing phone calls every 15 minutes from her bank seeking payment for the mortgage.
http://www.channel3000.com/money/29067448/detail.html
It may be heartless, but is perfectly legal. Banks and credit card companies
are pursuing the relatives of deceased card holders nd loan customers in an effort to collect debts left behind by the dearly departed. Sometimes, the banks pounce before the body goes cold.
In the story linked above, a woman holding a wake for her husband who died a few days before, turned on the speaker her answering machine to recieve condolences. Instead, she got computer-generated harassing phone calls every 15 minutes from her bank seeking payment for the mortgage.