COURTNEY LOVE Says She's Been Scammed By KURT COBAIN Identity Thieves

March 10, 2008

The Pulse of Radio reports: Courtney Love says she's been defrauded out of millions from identity thieves posing as her late husband, Kurt Cobain. According to London's The Sun newspaper, she said someone used Cobain's social security number to buy a $3.2 million New Jersey home. Love claims to have known about the fraud — and who the scam artists are — for five years, but was too strung out on drugs to do anything about it. When she finally told the LAPD last week, Love said by then the thieves were able to get as many as 188 credit cards in Cobain's name, and also bought cars and cashed checks written against Cobain's estate.

The 43-year-old singer said, "It was fraud after fraud. But nobody believed me until now." She added, "I know who they are. Taking a child's money and future is a really horrible thing." Love said she realized something had to be done because of the potential effect it could have on the trust fund for her daughter, 15-year-old Frances Bean.

Cobain committed suicide in 1994 at age 27. He left Love with their daughter, as well as control of his estate.

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