I just went through this with my wife, who recently passed. When someone dies, providing a death certificate usually allows you to shut stuff down. If you are t

I just went through this with my wife, who recently passed. When someone dies, providing a death certificate usually allows you to shut stuff down. If you are the estate administrator or executor, you can do business on behalf of the person. It seems excessive at first glance, but consider how easy it is for a fraudster to social engineer. Call with a sob story “aestetix was the love of my life, now they are gone and I can’t shut down the email”. Now you need to prove that you are not dead. I don’t know the rules for Android, but you can get an order from the local courts that lets you assume control and resolve the estate including accounts etc. In New York, it’s the county surrogate’s court.