Lifeislarge Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 The other night Bill O'Reilly's Factor Tip of the Day was to check a couple of web sites for lost money. The first was http://www.missingmoney.com and the second was http://www.unclaimed.org. So I went on Missingmoney and did a search of all the cities that I'd lived in and lo and behold, there was my name listed under a city I had lived in ten years ago. I followed the claim procedure and was contacted today to provide some supporting documents (address verification and ID), and guess what.... I have a check on it's way for more than $250 but less than $500. Missingmoney linked me directly to the Provincial Department of Treasury that handles money that sits in escrow unclaimed. I have no idea where the money came from, but I'm not complaining and should find out when the check arrives. When I first submitted my claim I was afraid I'd left a grand piano behind that I'd somehow forgotten about.... This is a total blessing and it was fun. Check it out!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Interesting. All I found was a butt load of Kevin Sanders' who have money owed to them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifeislarge Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 I've been looking up my friends and family and have already located four more people verified by addresses. I feel like Santa Clause It could be $.01 or a life insurance policy, who knows??? All I know is that my bullet budget just got a healthy kick in the ass!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Found out my deceased mother had several safety deposit boxes... sent the link to my sister, the actual heir, to do the claim...we'll see what develops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifeislarge Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 Found out my deceased mother had several safety deposit boxes... sent the link to my sister, the actual heir, to do the claim...we'll see what develops. Wow!!! It only took me an hour to verify everything. Keep us posted and good luck!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sperman Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Interesting. The state of NC says I have something from an address I lived at 20 years ago. I was dead broke back then, so I can't imagine it is much, but I'll fill out the forms to find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RammerJammer Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Interesting. The state of NC says I have something from an address I lived at 20 years ago. I was dead broke back then, so I can't imagine it is much, but I'll fill out the forms to find out. 15 Years ago for me but it is over $100. Woot! I'm quittin my job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdphotoguy Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 The wife and I got a letter from an agency saying they would help us collect money from a former state we lived in. Their fee was 3% of the reclaimed money. My wife went to that state's unclaimed assets web site and we now have around $2,200 come back and since she did it on her own we didn't have to pay the 3%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinUSA Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Nothing for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatsauce Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Thanks for posting those web sites. I didn't have anything but the wife and a few friends did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdzman Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 No luck for me either but it was worth a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I didn't get anything, but, congratulations on posting the links . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_pinto Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 (edited) Woohoo. We apparently were moved already 8 years ago and one of our stocks we didn't know about were paid out on a divestiture. That was a very large check just in time for the shooting season. Thanks for the post. Edited March 5, 2014 by mike_pinto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifeislarge Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 Awesome!!! Still waiting for news from Grumpy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sperman Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 I ended up getting just under $60 back. It was more than I expected. Thanks again for telling us about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifeislarge Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share Posted March 9, 2014 Awesome!!! Every little bit helps these days. I'm still waiting on my check, they told me it would be 4-6 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifeislarge Posted March 10, 2014 Author Share Posted March 10, 2014 Got my check in the mail today for $258. I was hoping for closer to the $500 mark but hey, it's found money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeMartens Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Thanks I had one on there, printed the forms and sending in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifeislarge Posted March 10, 2014 Author Share Posted March 10, 2014 Cool. I think the rule is that if the money is from any time prior to marriage you get to spend it on anything you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sperman Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 The same is true if you don't discover the money until after the divorce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifeislarge Posted March 10, 2014 Author Share Posted March 10, 2014 Yeah mine was post #1 and pre #3 so I'm GTG!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdzman Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) I told one of my buddy's to check and he has $1409.00 coming, I couldn't convince him that I should get a 10% finders fee but he did say he would buy me a steak dinner at Longhorns. (after he receives the money) Edited March 11, 2014 by birdzman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxWoodsHunterxX Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 I got nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifeislarge Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 Just curious, any updates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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