Dead but not because of Identity Theft

This is not an Identity Theft article but it could have been. I have met and trained people who were listed as Deceased on their credit reports. A dead person can be a good target for an Identity Thief.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/03/19/MNAI1CI0SC.DTL&nopu=1

Being dead can be a real drag, especially if you're alive.

Just ask Doris Temple, 85, a Navy veteran who learned in January that the government had declared her deceased. Strongly suspecting an error, she protested, but not before she lost her health insurance and thousands of dollars in income - Social Security benefits as well as private insurance and pension payments.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/03/19/MNAI1CI0SC.DTL&nopu=1#ixzz0ieRPBRcR