When my June 6 Fox News column ran about finding nearly $30,000 in unclaimed money for my cousin, I expected readers to be surprised. I did not expect the flood.Within days, thousands of emails and comments poured in. Some readers had found money. Some wanted to know how to search. Some were trying to help aging parents, deceased relatives, missing heirs, or family businesses. Others had already found money but were stuck trying to prove it belonged to them.The volume was striking. The anger was more revealing.
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Again and again, readers asked the same basic question: If the government can find you when you owe taxes, tolls, tickets, fines, or fees, why does it suddenly become your job to find the government when it is holding money that belongs to you?
That is the scandal hiding inside America’s unclaimed property system.
Unclaimed property is not a gimmick. It is real money: forgotten bank accounts, uncashed checks, insurance proceeds, payroll checks, stock, refunds, and money owed to deceased relatives.
