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Bruce Almighty

If you look around the site you will come across many comments from people looking for their unclaimed money.

I’ve received many, many more emails from people also looking for their unclaimed money.

I would truly like to help as many people as I can, but it is just impossible time-wise with everything else else going on in life, not to mention running a business!

Sometimes I feel like Jim Carrey in Bruce Almighty when he has to answer everyone’s prayers. See the below video to see what I’m talking about.

You see, as unclaimed money finders, we don’t look for a person first and then do a search to see if they have money.

We actually do the complete opposite. We check a database of people owed money, then we search for the person owed the money. This way we already know that they have money coming to them and we just need to make them aware of that.

However, we realize that a lot of people are coming to the site looking for their own unclaimed money.

Because of that, we have teamed up with a company called CashUnclaimed.com to help you with your search.

CashUnclaimed is a private source of unclaimed money records from all 50 states & many Federal agencies.

They have a huge variety of sources. So instead of having to search dozens of government sites to find your money – you can search all these records from one location on their site.

When you perform a free trial search they display the total dollar amount in unclaimed funds that they show reported by the appropriate government agencies. This does not guarantee that this money is 100% absolutely yours.

What it means is that there is that total dollar amount shown by government agencies under your name and common variations of your name. It means there are funds matching your name and they are eligible to be claimed.

The dollar total they display is the actual total amount they have listed in their database. You will need to perform your own due-diligence & verify these funds listed are for you and not for someone else who shares a name with you.

Their optional paid premium subscription goes FAR beyond a simple database search. They will help you with the entire claims process! They provide complete instructions, guides, sample claim forms & instructional ebooks to assist you with the claims process. They even provide a live session with an asset recovery specialist to help you through what can be a complicated & confusing process.

CashUnclaimed.com contains one of the largest databases for unclaimed money in the world. Their current database lists billions of dollars in unclaimed money, property, accounts and assets from all 50 states and several Federal agencies that could belong to you.

They are not an unclaimed property locator service (as we are) and do not charge you a percentage of the money you claim (as we do).

Here’s an example of their paid member’s search:

They also offer a free trial search on their homepage that lets you take a “sneak peek” inside our database. These records are limited and do not show you the full information needed to submit a claim. In order to unlock the full information about these records you must purchase a premium subscription.

Cash Unclaimed Money Search charge a very small fee to help cover their expenses. Access to their help, services and search tools range from $11 to $129 depending on which services you decide to order. Depending on how many lost money searches you perform, you could pay just pennies per unclaimed money search.

They currently offer 3 payment options:

1-Time Payment for 12 months of access
1-Time Payment for lifetime access
Monthly Automatic Recurring Subscription that renews automatically every month until you cancel. You can cancel at any time by visiting their Support Desk & following the simple instructions.

If your name is listed, you will have to contact the institution listed as holding the money. They do not claim your money for you. You must do that. In addition to filling out a claim form, proof of ID will be need to be provided to whichever agency is holding your money – most likely one or more of the following:

Social Security Number
Birth Certificates
Marriage Certificates
Death Certificates
Proof of Previous Addresses
Identification such as Drivers Licenses or Passports.

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Massachusetts Unclaimed Funds

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Massachusetts is currently holding over $3 billion in unclaimed funds!

Unclaimed funds includes forgotten savings and checking accounts, un-cashed checks, insurance policy proceeds, stocks, dividends, and the contents of unattended safe deposit boxes.

Most accounts are considered abandoned and are turned over to the state after three years of inactivity.

The Treasury has returned over 225M in property to its rightful owners in the past two years, making the Commonwealth the state to return the most money on a per-capita basis.

The Treasury releases an updated list of unclaimed property assets every six months as the new accounts are turned over to the Commonwealth. There is no time limit for a person to claim this property and, in many cases, claimants will receive interest.

You can search unclaimed money in Massachusetts at www.findmassmoney.com or call their live call center at 888-344-MASS (6277).

The Treasury has several ways of letting people know they have money being held including:

Publishing the names in newspapers across the State. In the case of life insurance companies the names are published in September of the same year following the report and for all other property the names are published in March of the year after the report.
Sending a mail notice is sent to the owners last known address.
Starting a new an outreach program. This program allows Unclaimed Property staff to visit different events and locations i.e. fairs, nursing homes, malls, etc. in an attempt to reunite owners with their unclaimed property.

There is no time limit for filing claims. The state holds unclaimed assets in perpetuity and in trust for the rightful owners.

It takes approximately 12 weeks to process a claim.

There are three levels of approval after the Division receives a claim form:

Level One approval is first required to determine if the claimant has supplied proper documentation. If not, a letter will be sent to the claimant explaining what documentation is missing from the claimant’s original submission.
Level Two approvals will occur after an examination of the returned documents determines that the claimant is the correct individual and eligible to make a claim.
Level Three approvals are given after verification of all documents provided are in good order and that Level One and Level Two approvals have been properly granted. Once it has been determined that all necessary documents have been provided, and in good order, a claim is approved for payment.

Your social security number is used to verify your identity. The following are considered proper evidence to verify your social security number:

Drivers License
Social Security Card
Tax Records
Pay Stub containing social security number

The following is considered proper evidence to verify a previous address:

Old Utility Bill
Document from previous city/town hall stating old address
Old deed or mortgage payment
Old check with proof of former address

You can contact the unclaimed money division during their normal business hours of Monday-Friday 8:45am to 5:00pm EST at 617-367-0400 or 1-800-647-2300 (toll free Massachusetts only)

or write them at:
Department of the State Treasurer
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Unclaimed Property Division
One Ashburton Place, 12th Floor
Boston, MA 02108-1608

Email: UCPClaims@tre.state.ma.us

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Washington Unclaimed Funds

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Washington State is holding hundreds of millions of dollars in unclaimed funds!

Unclaimed funds refers to money being held by an organization that has not had contact with the owner for an extended period of time. Funds are usually considered unclaimed after three years, when it is turned over to the state of Washington.

Banks, retailers, credit unions, utilities, corporations, insurance companies, and governmental entities are some of the many sources of unclaimed property.

Washington’s Department of Revenue administers the States unclaimed property program as a free public service. Since 1955, more than $1 billion in unclaimed property has been turned over to the Department of Revenue. In fiscal year 2020, the department’s Unclaimed Property Section received property worth more than $185 million. The department returned $74 million of the unclaimed property received to its rightful owners.

Funds that can go unclaimed includes:

Bank accounts
Insurance proceeds
Stocks, bonds, and mutual funds
Safe deposit box contents
Utility and phone company deposits
Uncashed checks such as payroll, insurance payments, or travelers checks
Customer/patient credits

Unclaimed funds do not include real estate, vehicles, and most other physical property.

Funds can go unclaimed for a variety of reasons including:

Leaving a job and not claiming a final check
Not knowing about an insurance check
Forgetting about a security
Moving out of a house or apartment without getting back your utility deposit

The list of reasons goes on and on.

Fiscal year 2021 Washington State Unclaimed Property Annual Report

Click here to search for Washington unclaimed funds

Contact Washington States Unclaimed Funds Department

E-mail

You can email the Washington unclaimed funds department here

Phone

Call the Unclaimed Property Section at:
1-800-435-2429 or
(360) 534-1502
Monday through Friday,
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Pacific Time)

Mail

Questions regarding claims:
Department of Revenue
Unclaimed Property Section
PO Box 47477
Olympia, WA 98504-7477

Did you know you can make money finding unclaimed money for other people?

There is a little known business that lets you do that. Unclaimed money finders locate people that don’t know they money being held for them and help them to recover it.

In return, they charge a commission after the money is recovered.

Please click here if you would like to learn more about this business.