FoundMoney.com is the largest Internet search engine for unclaimed money. Found Money opened its database to the public in 1995 with 1,000,000 unclaimed accounts. Today, Found Money has over 30,000,000 unclaimed accounts and continues to add accounts every day. –Foundmoney.com
I used to go the Texas State Fair every year, and one of the things we would always do was a search for unclaimed money. This was just silliness for us, and if there was found money to be had, it was not our found money. It’s be a lot more likely for me to find Debts I have forgotten than it is to find Money I have forgotten.
So I went to Found Money and entered my name and half a dozen returns for the search popped up-most had the wrong middle initial or spelled something wrong. Clicking on the one name that looked like my own took me to a page that said for only $19.95 I could have a 60 day membership and claim my money.
This type of stuff used to show up on talk shows a lot. Unclaimed money, found money you never knew you had, find lost money, and so on. I guess this kind of thing happens to people who have a lot of money. I’ve always been one of those paycheck to credit card to paycheck kind of guys. The only found money I am likely to run across is if I find someone’s wallet in the street. In order to find unclaimed money you have to have had claimed money at some point.
I remember one of the last times I watched Oprah. It was about how to have a budget and manage your money and stuff like that. The first family sat chatting with Oprah about how hard it was to get by and how they didn’t know what they were going to do. The Money Manager came out and the first thing he suggested was that they sell The Vacation House. WTF? Sell the vacation house? They way these people were talking I thought they were one step away from welfare! That was pretty much it for me and Oprah.
I’m sure if they had done a search for unclaimed funds, they would have found money, likely a lot of money. If I ever find money, it will not be enough to fill a change jar.
Sell the vacation home…and the yacht! Whatever!!!
The unclaimed property thing isn’t too bad though. They just did a story in the news last night (bay area news) that showed a lady who had over $8,000 in unclaimed property. This elderly woman looked thrilled, and looked like she could use it. That was cool!!
It does seem like a good idea and it always makes for a cool news story.