As I understand it, shady creditors and debt collectors will sometimes contact the deceased's family. They claim you have inherited the debt, or have some moral

As I understand it, shady creditors and debt collectors will sometimes contact the deceased's family. They claim you have inherited the debt, or have some moral obligation to make good on their relative's debts, then pressure you to sign paperwork acknowledging that fact. Then they try to collect the money from you instead saying it's your debt, using that same logic and now that paperwork you signed. It's a deceptive and despicable scam, but I'm not a lawyer and I don't know the legalities of it. I suspect, in most jurisdictions anyway, it's not legally enforceable and she could probably have refused to pay anything and the creditor wouldn't have a leg to stand on.