I received a letter 1 month ago from a company saying that I had $650 of unclaimed moneys owed to me. I figured SCAM and tossed the letter in the trash.
Yesterday I received another letter from the same company repeating the same amount but with more information which happened to be a company that I had worked for in the past. (If you go trough the private company to reclaim your money they take a % of the money.)
Since I knew that our state has a site for Unclaimed Property I went there. Sure enough there was $654 waiting for me to claim form the company I used to work for!!!
I do not have to go through the private company; I just printed off the claim form and filed a claim with copies of ID and ect. That they ask for. But may have to wait as much as 180 days for any result.
If you live in California and would like to see if the State is holding Unclaimed Property for you here is the address to search for it:
http://scoweb.sco.ca.gov/UCP/
Other states probably have similar web sites.

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

Well, that's a nice surprise. I'd have been thinking "scam," too. Good for you!

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

wooohooooooo. What a nice surprise.

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

Thread Regarding National Search

Don't just search your name, also check deceased parents and relatives. There are frequently unclaimed assets when people move or pass away, leaving no way to issue refunds, such as insurance, payroll, pension or medical benefits, via the mail. Many companies then just "give up" and after a few years, the money escheats to the states, where the money sits.

Yes!
I did a search on people I knew. My step dad has $62 but when I told him about it he was not interested as it was from some realestate deposite from 15 years ago and he felt it would be too much trouble to prove he was that person. Some times like my friend his real name is Gerado and he goes by the name Gerry. The name Gerry is on the $53 dollars that is owed to him from the phone company GTE. His ID will not match up with the name on the bill. He would need some paper work to prove the he lived at the address listed; and he dose not have that as it was 20 years since he lived there.
In my case they already have the name of the company I worked for and part of my address. I have lived in the same place for 30 years and I have my W2 with the companies name on it as proof.

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

Yesss!! State is holding almost $200 from an insurance refund sent to an old address!!

Thanks for posting the link, MTI.

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1998 E300 +310,000K
1996 E300 +460,000K

There's a nice surprise, huh!?

Sadly, my name never shows up but it is good to hear other people are able to reclaim their own money.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

I got a letter from the state that some stock holdings were liquidated *SEVEN* years ago~! And they spent all this time trying to find me. BS - they would have found me a hell of a lot quicker if I owed them money.

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1985 380SE Blue/Blue - 230,000 miles
2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

No luck for me, but I found about $25K for my dentist uncle a couple of years ago held by the State of North Carolina Treasurer. When he retired, he sold his building and it was converted into unrelated retail space and unpaid insurance claims kept coming in for a year or so and he never knew it. My uncle retired relatively early from the fruits of other endeavors and never touched or understood the money that flowed into and out of his dental practice. I cringe to think of how many insurance checks were cashed by conmen as well as how much cash was embezzled out of his offices by employees.

Isn't that funny, how people YOU owe money to seem much more determined and persistent to find you than the ones who owe YOU money do?

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Perfect!!! That's why I decided to start the thread and I bet there is more people out there too that have something comming to them.

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

Almost $6k for me from some stock I bought in the early 80's for $250.00. Company was bought and sold a time or two and I held the original certificates in hand. They claim they lost track of me, although I got dividends until the mid 90's at my present address. They didnt try to hard to find me.....

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Terry Allison
N. Calif. & Boca Chica, Panama

09' E320 Bluetec 77k (USA)
09' Hyundai Santa Fe Diesel 48k (S.A.)

One trick to be aware of is that apparently some of the commercial sites that search for this money (don't know about the two posted) assign their own in house id numbers to the claims and don't reveal the state treasury #s. They obviously do this so you go to the state and give them the # from the site and they look at you with a blank stare. If you find money on a commercial site, just go straight to the state treasurer and ask them the process for finding your money. It was obvious to me that this had been done concerning my uncle's claim, but the elderly, whatever would probably get frustrated and just pay the juice% to the commercial site.

Well, JD, if you want to sell something, you can't give your customers all you information.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Wait, what?

You mean I shouldn't have given them my SS number, bank and credit card account numbers and signed for a check for $5,820 more than the amount drawn on a Nigerian Prince's bank account?

Crap!

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1998 E300 +310,000K
1996 E300 +460,000K