I just don’t understand how you take someone who is dead, and there is proof of their death, and start living as them.

To be clear, I understand the whys; I don’t understand the logistics.

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    1 year ago

    Multiple disjointed government databases and people not checking each one carefully is how it starts. Once you have an existing account in some one’s name, probably even less checks are done allowing you to exploit the system further. Meanwhile, relatives of the deceased are probably not too concerned about continuing to monitor their credit scores… etc