Well here is where it doesn't make sense to me. Say I had terminal cancer right now and I was about to die in 6 months or so. I end up using my stellar 800 beacon credit and buy a roof, new driveway, kitchen and bathrooms for my girlfriend's house and give them to her as a gift by directly paying the contractors doing the job using a credit card. Obviously she has no clue how I paid for it all. I dont make any minimum payments on that credit card and die in a few months. How will they come after her and ask for the roof, kitchen and bathrooms back that are in HER house? Obviously the one who committed fraud was ME but im already dead so they can mess up my credit and sue me as much as they want.
How is that scenario any different than the first one I posted? The fault lies with the person who KNOWINGLY and WILLINGLY used their credit to buy things and then died without paying but didnt have any bank accounts, assets or estate left which the credit card companies/banks can go after? Why would the person who received the "Gift" be liable for anything if they received it without knowing how it was paid for? My gf wouldn't know if I paid cash or used credit cards for those things I got for her house. The same scenario is in place here except its my mother and Im benefiting.