Update 5/3/08 - The next time a funeral home tells you it’s a great idea to “guarantee today’s prices” by prepaying your funeral, pull out this article. Funeral Consumers Alliance has long warned against prepaying for your funeral, but even we’re surprised at how widespread the scams and stolen consumer money have become in the preneed industry. The latest preneed company teetering on the brink --- along with hundreds of millions of dollars consumers have prepaid for “peace of mind” --- is National Prearranged Services.