http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/17/why-thieves-are-stealing-childhood-cancer-victims-identities_n_1093481.html?ref=chronic-conditions&icid=maing-grid7%7Chp-desktop%7Cdl27%7Csec1_lnk2%7C113773

Sorry about the link.

Article is about identity theft of dead children. This particular case, the identiy was stolen and used for an IRS return. The real parents were denied and extension by the IRS because the rejected the identity of the child.

The government published the name and ss number of the deceased and then people publish it on the web.