An inmate at a Georgia state prison posed as a funeral home owner and duped a grieving widow into sending $1,200, investigators said.
Kevin Wetzel, owner of Memorial Park Funeral Home, said he learned of the scam when the woman called after arranging services for her husband.
“She says, ‘Kevin? What is it you’re needing?’ … She said, well, you just called saying you needed money. I said no, no, no, I have not called anybody. We would never do anything like that,” Wetzel said…