If you are an American, or have close American relatives (in dead or alive condition), read on – this could make you rich. Not likely (wink), but it’s worth a try. Do you know that there over 32 billion dollars of unclaimed money in the U.S. that’s lying around and just waiting to be claimed by rightful owners? Statistically, that’s a bit over a hundred bucks per one American citizen. The best part? You can search for your name for free.
Of course out of curiosity I simply had to type in my boyfriend’s name (he is a expatriate yankee currently residing in Canuckistan). Apparently among this vast 32-billion mountain is a tiny heap of cash (right around a 100 bucks, though they would not give an exact figure) that belonged to his now deceased mother and which is now supposed to be rightfully his. If only now he assembles a thick wad of supporting materials to prove that this woman was indeed his mother and he was indeed supposed to inherit all her dough, he can expect a hundred bucks minus the cost of postage stamps.
Canucks can search here, though our country holds a puny $200 million in unclaimed funds… that’s under ten bucks per person. That’s because Canadian unclaimed accounts eventually expire, unlike American ones that are kept indefinitely. No fair.
