How Our Unclaimed Money Search Works There is over 400 billion dollars in unclaimed money in the United States. Each year billions of dollars become lost and unclaimed when banks, companies and governments lose track of the true owner of the money they hold due to: post office mistakes, misspelled names, business and banks that go bankrupt, unplanned changes of address, marriage breakup, unexpected job relocation, death, etc. Most adults are owed some of this money and they don't even know it. It is estimated that 9 in 10 Americans are owed cash that sits unclaimed year after year. So, it's quite likely that some of this money belongs to you or someone you know. Would you like to claim some found money? Who is holding this unclaimed money? The found money we locate is being held by one or more of many different institutions. Our research has uncovered millions of unclaimed and lost money owed to individuals in: forgotten savings and checking accounts uncashed checks securities dividends insurance refunds or claims oil royalties wages utility refunds/deposits bail bonds child support payments the list goes on and on... Also, hundreds of thousands of people are owed money as an heir to an inheritance that they didn't even know about! Why is the money "unclaimed"? For one reason or another the financial institution holding the funds has been unable to locate the rightful owners to return the money. So, literally billions of dollars sit in unclaimed accounts across the nation year after year. This money is lost and never gets found unless the owners of the unclaimed funds use a property locator service. For instance, have you ever: moved without checking to be sure every company and person you do business with knew your new address? moved without getting your utility deposit refund back? opened a savings account as a child or for your own child and then forgot about it forgot to cash a health insurance check? forgot to cash interest or dividend checks on stocks or bonds? quit or been fired from a job and never gone back to get your last paycheck? didn't notify companies who owe you money that you have moved? This list covers only a small fraction of the possible reasons why you may be owed money!