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I was declared deceased three times and it destroyed my credit

45 points by kposehn 8y ago

HarryHirsch 8y ago
Nothing unusual in India, it's a regular scam over there: https://www.improbable.com/2018/07/27/update-on-association-of-dead-peoples-award-winning-founder/ https://www.improbable.com/2018/07/27/update-on-association-...
deogeo 8y ago
Unable to work, buy, sell, or travel, due to a bureaucracy error. Ignoring for the moment the error itself, that's a truly scary amount of control.
- delfinom 8y ago
  Bureaucracy error? You mean shitastic work by a credit agencies because they half ass everything and cut corners. If 99% of their records are correct, then who cares if they are somehow screwing 1% of error filled profiles. They got their pile of money.
  - deogeo 8y ago
    I'm not saying the credit agencies shouldn't all go bankrupt, and, in an ideal world, have their owners lined up against a wall and shot (exaggerating, but not much). I'm saying that, no matter how incompetent or malicious they are, they (or anyone!) shouldn't have that much influence over people's lives in the first place.
klyrs 8y ago
My ex was once declared deceased in her company's payroll system. They immediately canceled her health insurance, and it took weeks to get it all sorted out... apparently the interface for the employee database doesn't allow for mistakes (or undead employees, I guess). I'm suddenly grateful that it didn't leak further than that. What a nightmare
pulisse 8y ago
It's a sad commentary on the current state of society that pretty much the only constructive advice people can find to offer the OP is to try to use social media or a sympathetic journalist to create outrage.
qohen 8y ago
The author set up a GoFundMe, if you're moved to help: https://www.gofundme.com/deadoralive https://www.gofundme.com/deadoralive
- PappaPatat 8y ago
  With the article removed (from reddit) I think it is safe to say it's a scam.
thepangolino 8y ago
Civil death issued to be a somewhat common type of punishment. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_death https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_death

45 points by kposehn 8y ago

Nothing unusual in India, it's a regular scam over there: https://www.improbable.com/2018/07/27/update-on-association-of-dead-peoples-award-winning-founder/ https://www.improbable.com/2018/07/27/update-on-association-...

deogeo 8y ago

Unable to work, buy, sell, or travel, due to a bureaucracy error. Ignoring for the moment the error itself, that's a truly scary amount of control.

delfinom 8y ago
Bureaucracy error? You mean shitastic work by a credit agencies because they half ass everything and cut corners. If 99% of their records are correct, then who cares if they are somehow screwing 1% of error filled profiles. They got their pile of money.
- deogeo 8y ago
  I'm not saying the credit agencies shouldn't all go bankrupt, and, in an ideal world, have their owners lined up against a wall and shot (exaggerating, but not much). I'm saying that, no matter how incompetent or malicious they are, they (or anyone!) shouldn't have that much influence over people's lives in the first place.

klyrs 8y ago

My ex was once declared deceased in her company's payroll system. They immediately canceled her health insurance, and it took weeks to get it all sorted out... apparently the interface for the employee database doesn't allow for mistakes (or undead employees, I guess). I'm suddenly grateful that it didn't leak further than that. What a nightmare

pulisse 8y ago

It's a sad commentary on the current state of society that pretty much the only constructive advice people can find to offer the OP is to try to use social media or a sympathetic journalist to create outrage.

qohen 8y ago

The author set up a GoFundMe, if you're moved to help: https://www.gofundme.com/deadoralive https://www.gofundme.com/deadoralive

PappaPatat 8y ago
With the article removed (from reddit) I think it is safe to say it's a scam.

thepangolino 8y ago

Civil death issued to be a somewhat common type of punishment. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_death https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_death