Kim Komando: Your unclaimed money could be a click away

Komando.com ^ | August 9, 2014 | Kim Komando

[EveningStar]

Did you know that an estimated $41.7 billion - billion - is currently held in government unclaimed-property programs? Some of that unclaimed money could be yours.

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Sound like a scam? It isn't, although some scam companies and individual scammers will try to charge you fees to recover it.

Warning: If someone asks for a fee to search for unclaimed money, don't pay. It's a free search.

Before I tell you how to find your unclaimed money, though, here's how it gets unclaimed in the first place.

[AZLiberty]

Thank you for posting. I just found a few thousand dollars for my mother-in-law and $30 for my recently deceased father-in-law.

[conservative cat]

I found money owed to us, and the state wanted proof we had lived in an apartment 15 years ago (for about six months). Umm,yeah right.

[TStro]

Just found $3.00. In the 80’s, I got #3500 from an old annuity.

[Oratam]

bump

[waxer1]

State of CA 6.31

Also Arizona they don’t tell you what it is though.

[Professional Engineer]

I’m rich. I found 24.95!

LOL. Last year I found I had $1.06 owed me. I told the comptroller to put it into a charity fund.

[kalee]

I just found that I have some. No idea what it is from.

[mabarker1]

A whopping $16.57 for Me PARTY TIME!!!!!!!!!

[BlueNgold]

Wow. Was a skeptic.
$30+ for me and ... $0.02 for the Mrs.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks EveningStar.

[rarestia]

Odd. I didn’t stumble on anything that wasn’t legit, but I’m using several extensions with my browser to prevent pop-overs and other garbage.