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View submission: A weird call about my dead mom
I’m a legislative staffer. Here’s my take:
• Your mom’s IL law school likely puts an “in memoriam” list in their alumni magazine. I wouldn’t be surprised if the politician maybe went to the same school? And gets the alumni publications and some intern was handed the year-end list and told, “go find some notable people in here to honor with memorial resolutions.”
Then, intern is trying to run these folks from a list down via Google… and here we are.
• But, let’s find out because that’s *wildly easy to do* and you’ll have peace of mind:
Find the website for the pol’s govt office (not campaign) and send them an email. It’s okay if it’s to a generic address; someone answers those.
“Hi, this is the family of [Mom Name]. Did your office recently contact us about a memorial resolution in her honor? If so, please know that we appreciate it but she hasn’t lived in IL in 25 years and it wouldn’t be a great use of your time. If you didn’t, please let us know because someone may be trying to run a scam on our grieving family and we’d like to make sure this is legit.”
etc. etc.
You’ll get a super-fast, super-apologetic reply either way, and that will put the whole thing to bed.
Comment by megret at 31/01/2025 at 13:44 UTC
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This is what I'm hoping it is, but I searched for a list like that when my brother told me about this and I couldn't find one. It might be behind a paywall or member site.