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Scam Artists Reach a New Low With Despicable Funeral Deception To quote Jed Clampett from the Beverly Hillbillies, these people are "lower than a snake's belly in a wagon rut." Fleecing people out of their hard-earned money using the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) COVID-19 Funeral Assistance program. Part of the Federal Government's Coronavirus Relief and Rescue packages, was the Funeral Assistance Program. It provided financial assistance to help offset expensive funeral arrangements to families who lost a loved one from COVID-19. Heartless scammers are using the program to tr...

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Norwood provides information on FEMA Funeral Assistance Program COURTESY OF TOWN OF NORWOOD General Manager Tony Mazzucco and Health Director Sigalle Reiss would like to provide information for residents on FEMA's new Funeral Assistance Program, which is now accepting applications. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is providing financial assistance for COVID-19-related funeral expenses incurred after Jan. 20, 2020. The program provides a maximum of $9,000 per funeral to eligible individuals who incurred funeral expenses due to COVID-19. Eligibility requirements include the following: �...

Central Coast residents who lost a loved one to COVID-19 and incurred funeral expenses can now apply for financial assistance through a federal aid program. U.S. Rep Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) announced on April 14 that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) began accepting applications for funeral assistance through its COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Program. The program is part of the American Rescue Plan Act and the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act. "No amount of money can make up for the loss of a loved one, but I'm hopeful this assistance will he...

Scammers targeting new FEMA funeral assistance program Funeral Relief Program Scam By Kate Merriman | April 15, 2021 at 8:05 AM EDT - Updated April 15 at 8:05 AM MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - Scammers are focusing on a new federal program aimed at helping to pay for COVID-19 funeral costs. The fraudsters are calling to offer help to for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Funeral Assistance Program. FEMA said they will not contact anyone until the person has called them directly or applied for the help. The assistance program started this week and is paying up to $9,000 in funeral ...