Digital assets after death: Managing risks to your loved one’s digital estate

The article outlines how bereaved families can be targeted by fraudsters who exploit obituaries and online posts to impersonate deceased individuals or their relatives, using tactics such as account hijacking, tax/credit fraud, deepfake extortion, and fake account-recovery services; it recommends planning (digital inventories, legacy contacts, estate planning), placing deceased alerts, freezing accounts, cancelling subscriptions, and limiting obituary details to reduce fraud risk.