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Funeral schemes come in various forms but work on the same basic idea. They promise a guaranteed payout upon death to cover funeral expenses.
The idea of a scheme to provide for a funeral is not new. In 18th century Britain a thriving system of “burial clubs” emerged to assist the poor and working classes to save for a funeral. These clubs were spurred by fears of a “pauper’s funeral” and one’s body being stolen and sold for medical experimentation. But with such schemes came financial fraud and in some cases far worse crimes.
Fears of body snatchers may be a thing of the past, but concerns of “funeral poverty” remain. So does the potential for fraud and exploitation in such schemes.
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Financial counsellors uncover former clients of controversial funeral insurer ACBF in remote Kimberley
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Josephine Grace and her friend Deborah Sebastian were ACBF clients.
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More than a dozen former ACBF clients on WA s Dampier Peninsula say they had issues with the insurer
Financial counsellors say the company targeted vulnerable people
The company, which has since rebranded as Youpla, says it takes complaints very seriously We were wondering who they were, and they reckoned they were from the Aboriginal funeral planning mob, she said. We sat down and talked with them and they said they help Aboriginal people when you pass away for funeral costs, because it s expensive.