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I have found money through missingmoney.com recently. Last year I got a $15 check from an old utility company that I hadn’t used in around 5 years and this year I got money back (over $100) from the state on a payment I made 10 years ago. So surprises do pop-up every once in a while.
$ MissingMoney.com is supported by 40 of the 50 states to find lost money through your State. If your state isn’t listed also try NAUPA’s Web site and try the ‘state by state’ function. They deal with money, jewelry, and property.
$$ Tax Refunds – Can you believe there are people who forgot they had a refund? You should be receiving your refund 28 days after the mailing date. Go to Where’s My Refund to find out if you have some moolah from an earlier year waiting for you. Or just call 1-800-829-4477
$$$ TreasuryHunt is run by the Treasury Department and is the perfect place to see if your old savings bonds have matured yet. They say that over 14 million dollars in matured savings bonds are waiting to be redeemed by their owners. If you no longer have any savings bonds, you can contact them through the site by giving your name and social security number so they can look it up. It can take up to 4 weeks to get the information back via mail only.
$$$$ Pensions – I’m not surprised if people are not aware they may have money coming from a company that they worked for, some companies just don’t promote their pensions well enough. You may be eligible for a pension from a company that was bought out by another company or if the company went bankrupt. You can check if you get some of the 75 million dollars that is unclaimed by check out the PBGC database.
As an added bonus you can check GovBenefits.gov to see if a student, veteren, single parent or disaster survivor may be qualified to get some additional ‘free money’ help.
Or if you have an old FHA refund do your check here: HUD Refunds
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thank you for the unclaimed money sites - while I did not find any money for my husband or myself, I did find money for 1 son, 1 daughter-inlaw and her mother!!
March 29th, 2008 at 8:02 amGreat resources. I added it to my post. I hope you don’t mind.
March 29th, 2008 at 8:04 am@Bellen
congrats!!
@Pinyo
March 29th, 2008 at 8:18 amAnytime…. great resource you have there as well. (http://www.moolanomy.com/462/30-alternative-income-ideas-and-resources/)
OMG!!! I totally had money on that website! Thanks
March 29th, 2008 at 12:45 pmMissing Money found us some money that belonged to my deceased grandmother - it was pretty cool that the money was still sitting there after all these years.
March 30th, 2008 at 11:30 pmThe Tax Refunds link requires you to know the amount of the refund. If you didn’t know that you had a refund, how would you know the amount?
March 31st, 2008 at 12:37 pm@Brewme
March 31st, 2008 at 12:40 pmI would suggest calling the 800 number (1-800-829-4477) and seeing if they have the info based on your social.
~Dawn