Get Rich, Stop Trying

By Author: Nicole Anderson
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It is considered foolhardy to even think of some unclaimed money which can be claimed. Most U.S. citizens found it hard to believe that there are vaults of unclaimed funds lying with the state treasuries waiting to be claimed by the actual owners. In reality, there might be unclaimed property belonging to them and that they can also claim it back.

Unclaimed money in America has now reached almost all of the American households; as of last estimate, almost 8 out of 9 American families had some form of unclaimed property waiting to be claimed. In most of the American extended family, there is at least one person who has not staked a claim to their rightfully earned money.

It is unimaginable that $50 billion of unclaimed monies are waiting to be handed over to the actual owners. With the media understanding the opportunity as well as the problem in this increasing volume of unclaimed funds, national headlines are being dominated by unclaimed money news. It has been accepted at all levels of government that a financial crisis of unmanageable proportions is brewing because ...
... of the publics unclaimed money that is lying with the state treasuries.

The unclaimed databases are swelling with unclaimed money as new and lost money is being added at a much faster rate. While larger states like California and New York have a combined unclaimed money vault of almost $16 billion, even the much smaller and remote states have been reporting unclaimed funds addition to their treasuries at a furious pace.

This calls for an immediate action from all the citizens of the country, so they can claim their unclaimed monies at a time when they need it most. It makes economic sense for all of us to locate our unclaimed funds and start the extremely simple process of reclaim.

The following list gives a glimpse of the opportunity that lies within these unclaimed money piles:
• Ohio: Almost 1,188 unclaimed funds accounts worth more than $617,260 were reported from The Hancock County itself.

• Maryland: A 144-page insert into Maryland’s Frederick News-Post was published by the Comptroller’s office which officially reported almost 60,000 identified owners of unclaimed cash worth more than $42 million.
• Colorado: Almost millions of state residents were mentioned in the payback list in Saturday’s newspapers in the state of Colorado. These payback lists involve more than $50 million of unclaimed funds. Once a reader finds their name in this payback list, they can contact the state treasury for further guidance.
• Connecticut: The newspapers in the state of Connecticut published the names of almost 35,000 unidentified owners of unclaimed properties. This had a great impact and resulted in uniting so many of the rightful owners with their missing money.
• Texas: Texas Comptroller’s office recently launched a print media based awareness program for reaching the remotest corners of Texas. This awareness campaign is a result of billions of unclaimed properties lying in the state treasury.
Instead of waiting for the government to bail us out, it is time for the public to move forward and stake a claim to their unclaimed money.