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Did you lose some money?

Did you know that there is $24 billion dollars sitting around in forgotten accounts just waiting to be claimed by the rightful owner? Yes, you read that right, $24 billion!!

People move and forget to notify their banking institutions or former employers or other companies and they leave money in accounts. Small savings or checking accounts, small retirement accounts and utility company deposits to name a few.

After a certain amount of time, these institutions are required to turn them over to the state as unclaimed property. The state hangs onto the money until it is claimed by the rightful owner.

Now, of course, there are people out there who will offer to find this forgotten money for you - for a price! But you can do it yourself. Go to www.unclaimed.org and click on the state you are interested in. You will be directed to the correct web site. If you have federal money or money in Canada, click on the links button at the top of the page.

Last year around $1.2 billion dollars was repaid to rightful owners. This year, maybe one of them could be you.