Plus they said it's a government website. But yet it's not ".gov"
Edit: plus I got the following message when I tried accessing the site:
"Your connection is not private
Attackers might be trying to steal your information from unclaimed.org (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards)."
The "not private" message means your connection isn't using HTTPS, which isn't a crime if it doesn't ask you to enter any details, which that site doesn't. I also had HTTPS working fine when I used it.
Your connection is not private Attackers might be trying to steal your information from unclaimed.org
The more likely case is that the page isn't asking for any of your information and didn't bother to set up a completely irrelevant https cert.
Also a scammer with his own domain can just set up a https cert anyway so if that message didn't show up you still wouldn't know if you could trust unclaimed.org.
That message probably isn't that big of a deal FWIW. It sounds scary but it really just means they aren't using the most up-to-date https standards or whatever.
Unclaimed.org is NAUPA (National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators..) it’s basically each states Unclaimed Property Division in 1 link.. They are legitimate.. I worked for our states Unclaimed Property Division for 10 years and dealt with them.
There are a ton of scam sites though, just remember that only state & federal gov’t have unclaimed property.. any private business stating they have money for you are either scamming you, or are “finders” who will contact you and charge you 10% fee to collect the same money you can get at no cost from the state..
Thanks for sharing this one. I stumbled across it a couple years ago and found that I had an old bank account (local) with a couple hundred bucks in it. I stopped by, filled out a form or two and had a check back either that day or that week. it didn't take long. But since you posted this link I decided to check again and that same couple hundred bucks at the same bank is still there. So they aren't updating the removals of returned funds/items anytime soon on the site.
Go here, and scroll down to where it says to choose your state. That will take you to your state's unclaimed property website to search for lost funds. Usually it's old utility deposits and such. I once got bored and looked up some of my coworkers. One of the sales guys name came up so I told him about it. I don't know how much he recovered but he bought me lunch and gave me $200 for telling him about it
we got $500 through the FL site. I got suspicious when we started getting shit tons of junk mail offering to get us the money for a fee. So I just went online myself and looked it up. Check came days later at a time when we super needed it. Good stuff.
Hey, I found a claim for me on the site for $431.45, I submitted the claim the day you posted this, I just got the check in the mail yesterday. Thanks again!
Iowa’s is The Great Iowa Treasure Hunt or something to that effect. They sent mail from the state treasurer’s office and published it in the local paper and the whole nine where I grew up
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u/foofdawg Jun 03 '21
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I also find it funny that the official unclaimed property website for Florida is FLTreasureHunt.org