Missing Money??Try This..

April 4, 2008 · Filed Under Emergency, Missing, Tips and Trick 

Do you had ever missing your money?Actually it’s not a big deal if it just for a few bucks, but how if the missing is your asset that you forgotten?According to the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators, one in 10 Americans has forgotten about an asset, and nationally, there’s more than $32 billion in assets waiting to be claimed. So how do you find it? There’s a method to claim your money back.

1.Missingmoney.com: This place does a free search to see if you have unclaimed money in your name. It’s the only official national database and it’s free. Just fill out your name, state, ZIP, etc. and the site automatically searches over 40 states. It takes just seconds and the odds are favorable. One in eight Americans has some missing money to claim. What is the average claim? From $800-$1,000!.

2.Treasurydirect.gov :Do you have saving bonds?Maybe they have matured and may be sitting around in your drawers or in a safe deposit box not earning any interest! Need to cash them in? To find out how much they’re worth go to this site. Then take those bonds to the bank and cash them in! You do have to pay federal taxes, but don’t let that deter you. Sitting on bonds that aren’t paying interest is silly. You’re better off cashing them in, paying the tax and putting the money to better use. All you’re doing is giving the government an interest-free loan if you don’t cash them in!

3.IRS.gov : Every year, millions of Americans leave tax refunds on the table! You can claim that money on the Web as well! And there’s a lot of it out there. For tax year, 2006, the IRS says it has about $100 million in refund checks for about 115,000 taxpayers. The average unclaimed refund: $953. Go to IRS.gov, click on “Where’s my refund?” You will need to fill our your Social Security number, filing status and other information.

Here’s an article about one unclaimed money site that’s getting sued by the state of Pennsylvania for providing vague results and then charging people $24.95 if they want more information. Of course, there was no information!
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Associated Press

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Web site that says it will help people find money they didn’t know they owned is misleading and violates Pennsylvania consumer law, state prosecutors said in a lawsuit.When investigators plugged in the names of cartoon characters such as Batman, Spiderman and Wile E. Coyote at http://www.unclaimedmoney.us.com, it told them they had multiple caches of unclaimed money, the state attorney general’s office said.The catch was that free search provided only vague information, and the Web site charged $24.95 for a membership that would produce details, the office said.

Instead of paying for such information, Attorney General Tom Corbett said consumers looking for unclaimed property can visit http://www.missingmoney.com, a Web site made with information from — and the blessing of — many states’ unclaimed property administrators.

Corbett’s office sued the Web site, Waltham, Mass., resident Areg A. Sakanyan, and related business entities Modeling Group, Unclaimed Money Database and Unclaimed Money last week, saying they deceived consumers, violated reporting requirements and did not deliver what they promised.

A phone number for Sakanyan could not be located, and it was not clear whether he had a lawyer. In response to a request for comment, the Web site’s operator sent an e-mail acknowledging receiving a notice of the lawsuit but did not comment

The attorney general’s office wants the court to stop the site from operating and to grant restitution for consumers and assess civil fines and other penalties.

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