My mother became very ill last in the summer of 2008. I did alot of errands for her while she was in the hospital and later admitted into a nursing home. She had made me an "authorized user" of her Target account. Not a "Joint Card Holder".
My mother passed away in September. Since that point in time, Target has taken it upon themselves to take her name of the account and put my name in its place. Ultimately making me responsible for this bill. I do have a copy of the request to add me as a "authorized card holder". The copy that I received from Target appears to be meshed together with another document indicating that I signed to become a "Joint Card Holder". This is not the case.
The attorney who is handling my mother's estate has sent them a letter requesting copies of all statements that they feel where I used this card, to prove who is responsible for what. They never complied with his request.
I now receive numerous calls throughout the day and evening. Most times I let the call go to answering machine, but now they have taken to calling and the number appears as "unknown number-"unknown caller.
As far as I know once somone passes away, their next of kin is not in anyway responsible for their debts. Not only this, it is pretty evident that there has been two documents put together to make it look like I signed to be a "Joint Cardholder." This also known as fraud.
If you have any suggestions for me, please let me know.
It is bad enough that I have had to deal with the grief of my mother's death, and then to have these bastards harrassing me on a daily basis is way too much.
Thanks
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