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finding lost money that you never knew you lost!

[photo by kevindooley]

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On Wednesday, there were two envelopes in the mail from law offices in Sacramento. Normally we only get mail from class-action lawsuit firms that want us to sue our home builder, so these envelopes were a little out of place and I’ll admit I was a bit scared of their contents. Inside both of the envelopes were letters claiming I had $2100 waiting for me from a CA medical insurance company – and that for a small finder’s fee of 10%, they’d help me get this money back.
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Well, if two law firms can send me a letter on the same day, it means that this information just popped up in some magical database somewhere… and I figured I could find the source of the money just as easily as they could. And guess what? It was easier than I thought!
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I googled “lost money” to find unclaimed.org — the US site that helps you see if someone has “lost” you and wants to give you back your money. From this site, you just click on your home state, and it takes you to the database where you can look up your name. It turns out that I had money waiting from two sources – both at old addresses in Los Angeles under my maiden name. And all I needed to do was fill out a form, print it out with my supporting documents (driver’s license and marriage license copies), and I should be getting my money sometime in the next few months! Take that finder’s fee law firms!
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I told my co-worker about my awesome luck, so she hopped on the site and found out that Kaplan owed her $350 from a college tutoring job about 9 years ago! She also looked up her parents and found her mom (who’s lived at the same address for 30+ years) in CT had about $600 waiting for her as well. Let’s just say it was quite a happy day in the office!
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I tweeted about the site yesterday, and Amber found $60 as well! So I figured I’d write a blog and hope that your search comes up profitable as well! Happy Friday everyone!

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