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Brazilian woman arrested after taking corpse to sign bank loan: ‘She knew he was dead’ (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 7 months ago by SquiffSquiff@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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She should have said - well we tried calling first but were on the phone for quite a while- you said our call was important to you and you were 'experiencing an unusually high volume of calls'...

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[–] EdanGrey@sh.itjust.works 10 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Anyone remember those two guys who took a dead family member to withdraw money from the post office? Can't believe she thought she would get away with it.

[–] ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Why was taking the corpse their first plan. It's seems this type of fraud would be a lot easier by just impersonating the deceased person. It not like the deceased would be able to sign anything or share recall any accounts numbers.

[–] EdanGrey@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

The post office guys I think wanted the deceased's pension and they were a lot younger so I doubt that would have worked.

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