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The free tool below runs entirely in this browser — no account, nothing stored or transmitted. Redact anything you would not want kept before you type it.
Open the companion tool →Why grief is the target and publication is the trigger
An obituary publishes the names, dates, and places an attacker needs. A synthetic page then borrows the family's credibility, and donations go to an account no one in the family controls.
One call to the funeral home's published number, before any money moves, settles what no amount of page inspection can.
The protocol
- Find the obituary or death notice and note exactly what it published and when.
- Ask the funeral home or the family's named contact to confirm any livestream link or donation fund directly.
- Check whether the page names a registered charity, a legitimate platform donation tool, or a personal account.
- Record the page URL, the payment destination, and the person who told you about it.
- Report the page to the host platform and warn the other people who received it.
What the tool does
Build a memorial-donation verification record It runs locally in this browser and sends nothing.
Limit first: This tool organises provenance and context; it cannot authenticate media, identify a speaker, or prove that a clip is real or synthetic.
Open the companion tool →Cost and free path
Cost: Free: one complete run in this browser, no account. Optional $4 one-time unlock allows unlimited runs of this tool on this browser. The free path and safety guidance never require payment.
Free path, in order (no cost):
- The funeral home's own published number (verify it through a directory, not the message)
- FTC charity-scam guidance for the red flags
- The host platform's impersonation report route
What this cannot do: It cannot decide the outcome for you.
Sources checked 2026-10-03 · source bank reviewed against the live pages listed in metadata.
One human next step
Call the funeral home using the number in its own listing — not one from the message — and ask whether the fundraiser or stream is genuine, then report a fake one to the platform and to the FTC.
Research log and safety checks
AI-assist path: not used for a verdict. This builder organises the reader's own documents and names an independent source; it does not infer authenticity, eligibility, or legal rights. §6.9/§6.10/§6.11 disclosed in the batch report; §6.12 status line carried in metadata as `status_line`.
§0.5 protection result: category is deepfake-media-verification; crisis-adjacent: no; fear/urgency/scarcity toolkit used: no. The protective function is free and the paid feature is convenience only.