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  2. 'Ponzi-Like' Scheme Highlights Risks of Prepaid Funerals - AOL

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    The cost of a sendoff from this earthly plane is high -- "$10,000 or more for a traditional funeral and burial," according to Money Magazine-- and many are loath to leave this burden on their ...

  3. Morbid Confession: I Prepaid My Own Funeral — Here ... - AOL

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    Indeed, the median cost of a funeral with viewing and cremation has risen over 11% in just the last five years, to around $7,000 according to the latest data from the National Funeral Directors ...

  4. Funeral Home to Pay Bilked Consumers Over Prepaid Services - AOL

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    A now-defunct West Virginia funeral home has to pay $224,000 to consumers in refunds plus interest as part of a settlement worked out with the state for bilking customers for prepaid funeral ...

  5. The American Way of Death - Wikipedia

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    Mitford's husband, civil rights lawyer Robert Treuhaft, persuaded her to write an investigative article about the American funeral industry. [2] Although her article on the subject, "Saint Peter Don't You Call Me", published in Frontier magazine, was not widely disseminated, it caught considerable attention when Mitford appeared on a local television broadcast with two industry representatives.

  6. Advance-fee scam - Wikipedia

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    Scam letter posted within South Africa. An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is a common confidence trick.The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum.

  7. Death care industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Between the years of 1990 and 2018, the overall average inflation rate was 2.3% per year while the average inflation rate for funeral expenses was 3.7% per year. [23] According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, this means that the average cost of a funeral in 2018 is 177.4% more expensive than a funeral in 1990. [23]

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