When folks die, their email accounts are not necessarily deleted immediately... and certainly many of their contacts have their address and links. I deal with this by having an email checker/reader that allows my to read mail without downloading it to MY PC.... and then I can delete it on the server if it looks even slightly suspicious.

I have used Pop3 scanmailbox for 10 years... still does all I need. And it has a cute little blue seahorse icon! (it is available from many places, as are others)

It takes only a few seconds to be sure that you are accepting only mail that you want.