Imagine you are the only witness to a stranger’s last moments, and, just before passing away, the stranger asks that you scatter her ashes in some inconvenient location. Do you have a moral duty to this stranger? You have no relation to this stranger and you did not agree to accept any prior posthumous requests, so it is unfair for you to be burdened with this moral task. Moreover, it fails to compare to any duties of aid or rescue, like assisting with a flat tire or saving a drowning child, since there is nobody (alive) who benefits from the actions. Still, we feel a compulsion similar to a duty towards fulfilling this stranger’s final request – perhaps it is compassion, empathy, or some belief in the supernatural. I argue that we do not have any moral duty to such requests. These cases lack any grounds of consent or reasons for fidelity, which suggests that our compulsions to act are not based on any actual moral duty. I argue that these compulsions can be based on imaginary duties, like a saint’s “duty” (more accurately, supererogation) to devote all of our resources to charity, or a white supremacist’s “duty” (more accurately, moral ignorance) to promote racial supremacy. I further argue that such deathbed requests are instances of moral blackmail, and are thereby morally indecent in nature.