Written by: Melanie Payne on May 18, 2011
Link to Melanie’s consumer watchdog column at News-Press.com
Many people called me last week to say they went to the state of Florida unclaimed property site and found their names. But the site was requiring they pay to make a claim.
If the website is asking for money or credit-card information in order to process your claim, you are on the wrong website.
If you are looking for money in Florida, go to fltreasurehunt.org.
If you’re looking for money in another state, try discoveredmoney.org. Discovered Money, a volunteer-run, nonprofit group, provides free links to all 50 states’ unclaimed property sites.
Discovered Money has also produced five videos on unclaimed property. The videos do a good job of walking you through the process of searching for, finding and making a claim to retrieve your unclaimed property. One video also provides tips on how not to “lose” the property in the first place.
Go to youtube.com and in the search field type “Discovered Money Part 1” to see the first video and then Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5 to watch the rest of the series.
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