It really pains me to think how many people get fooled by these kinds of dumb ploys, but there are a lot of folks who are ignorant of estate law (myself included up until a few months ago) and end up getting drawn into the schemes of debt collectors — people’s ignorance is precisely why bogus debt collection on the deceased is such a big business. We hired an estate attorney shortly before my father passed away and he was very helpful in explaining exactly why I’m under no legal obligation to pay anything to anyone, so long as I leave my father’s old checking account alone. DCM could threaten me with prison and deportation, and I wouldn’t break a sweat because I know that they’re just pathetic, empty threats made by worthless bottom-feeders intent on scaring me and extorting money from me.