Jane White Thompson died in August. A blood clot traveled from her leg into her lungs, and in a flash, she was gone. “It was very quick and very unexpected,” says her husband, Joel Thompson, who is 62 ...

Obituaries for writer Deborah Vankin popped up online in January, complete with morbid images and flattering prose. In videos accompanying the announcements, “news anchors” discussed her death and ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A new rising scam is targeting grieving families across the country. Scammers are contacting families listed in obituaries, but are posing as representatives of different funeral ...

Websites are creating fake obituaries or reposting real ones without permission to profit from grieving families. These sites often mimic legitimate funeral home websites, leading families to order ...

A Fredericton funeral home is warning its clients about a website that's been copying obituary information, reposting it without permission and using it to turn a profit. Bishop's Funeral Home says a ...