Different Ways to Find Lost Money

How many ways can you think of to find lost money? If you said one, two or even none, you’re not alone. Most of the population is clueless on how to find – and reclaim – any money that may have gone missing sometime in the past. The following will give you a few ideas on how to find the money that rightfully belongs to you, so that you can pad your bank account, stuff your pockets or otherwise reclaim your lost loot one dollar at a time.

A Short List to Help you Find Lost Money – Whether you lost a bank account, a pension account, a payroll check or a tax return, here are a few ways to find lost money:

Contact Your State: Are you a glutton for punishment and do you like to be put on hold for hours at a time while you’re forced to listen to your favorite songs from the eighties in true Kenny G style? Then you might want to contact your local state to inquire about any lost money you may have coming to you.

Write a Letter: Or maybe you have the patience of a three-toed sloth and you’d like to write a letter to your state asking about lost money and how to find any that may be listed in your name. Your letter will probably be passed from department to department, if it’s even opened at all. And if you get a response back, expect it to be months later and with postage that you probably have to pay yourself.

Use the Internet: If you like the prospect of trying to find lost money from the comfort of home and by using any Internet ready device, you might enjoy the third option, which is to search for lost money using the web-based database aptly named Find Unclaimed Money. Find Unclaimed Money will ask a few simple questions before it instantly gives you the search results.

If you are hoping to find lost money, the third option doesn’t involve long wait times or horrible elevator music. You simply go online, find lost money and that’s it. If you have money available, you will be able to claim what is rightfully yours so that you can save it, spend it or wallpaper your home with it. After all, it’s your lost money and that means you’re free to do whatever you want with it. Happy hunting.

Have Your Grandparents Ever Lost Money?

Whether you know your grandparents, they’re estranged or even if they passed away some time ago, you can find out right now if your grandparents have ever lost money. Using an up-and-coming database called Cash Unclaimed, U.S. treasurers are urging all Americans to search for and find lost money that may have belonged to their grandparent’s generation. If all Americans search, treasurers theorize, we might be able to eradicate the problem of lost money in this country once and for all.

Your Grandparents And Lost Money

Cash Unclaimed helps people find lost money by searching for a first and last name. When you enter your grandparents’ identifying information into the Cash Unclaimed search box, you’ll find out instantly whether or not they have any lost money coming to them.

If a match is made, you, as the grandchild, can initiate the lost money claims process, but you might have to jump through a few hoops first. If your grandparents are still alive, they will have to be the ones to initiate the claims process. They will have to verify their identity and then the lost money will be mailed to them or deposited directly into their bank account.

If your grandparents are estranged, this is going to make the process for trying to find lost money difficult. If anything, the process for claiming the money might bring you closer again.

If your grandparents are deceased and you find lost money in their name, you’ll be able to claim it as soon as you verify that your grandparents are in fact dead and that you are the rightful heir of the lost money in question. You may find that the money has to pass through your grandparent’s estate and the person who controls it, but once that is finished you will be able to claim any lost money found.

With billions of dollars in lost money to be located all over the country, the time is now to search for your grandparent’s lost money. If you do find money and your grandparents are still alive, you might want to talk them into splitting it with you. You were the one to find lost money, after all.