A few years ago, I received an urgent email from my sister. The subject line read “Found Money!” She went on to explain that on a whim she decided to search the internet for databases containing the names of people who are owed money for one reason or another.

To her surprise, and mine, she found that tens of thousands of dollars were owed to our grandmother who passed away in 1976. Since we were the sole remaining heirs to her estate, the money was rightfully ours. We submitted our claims and received our funds within a couple of months. We’ve since found additional unclaimed funds on two subsequent occasions.

Unclaimed funds are money and other assets whose rightful owner cannot be located. Categories of unclaimed funds are numerous and can include abandoned or dormant back accounts, a

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