Free Money - Unclaimed Balances

[Dean2]

So found this link in an article and decided to try searching it. Much to my surprise, I found $498 that was being held by the Alberta Government's unclaimed balances department. Turns out Blue Cross had money they owed me from 15 years ago, that was never received by me. Instead of just sending me a cheque, they sat on it till it went dormant and then sent it to the unclaimed balances department.

Claim process was very simple, had my money in 3 weeks. Well worth putting your name into the two searches to see if you or family, particularly things like parents who have passed on, have unclaimed money.

Best of luck. Post up if you find money too.

https://www.alberta.ca/unclaimed-property#jumplinks-2

[Fradaburidi]

How much is $498 from 15 years ago in today's money?

I searched and didn't find but was surprised that a lot of people have the same last name which I thought was uncommon.

[X-Treme]

Originally Posted by Fradaburidi

I searched and didn't find but was surprised that a lot of people have the same last name which I thought was uncommon.

Same!!

[Talking moose]

Don’t do this search if you have the last name Smith or Wong.

[HighOnTheHills]

scam can take a number of forms

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overpayment_scam

Yes even the government endorses such tactics as it would be in best practice to return it promptly to the rightful owners
(it's akin to admitting no attempt or consensus was ever made)

[58thecat]

Crap, got all excited for some fishing supply money but nothing!


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[HighOnTheHills]

a scammer attempts to lure you into providing your information by pretending to be a government official

Their benefits include legitimizing their office over the "unclaimed"

turned over to the state when the owner can't be found

If your taxes are in arrears or you owe them money how fast they find you?
Better, if you had an outdated pal with registered firearms how fast they find you?

https://www.experian.com/blogs/ask-e...property-scam/

Or I call it the "we're criminals getting off on 500bucks scam"

[whitetail Junkie]

My sisters name came up and it says "amount undisclosed"

Does this mean she may have some money oweing to her?

[Dean2]

Originally Posted by whitetail Junkie

My sisters name came up and it says "amount undisclosed"

Does this mean she may have some money oweing to her?

Yes it does. Mine said undisclosed too, also didn't say who it was from. Got that info when the claim was accepted.

If you have trouble with the search, try using Chrome for a browser, Firefox works but can be REALLY slow.

[WayneChristie]

so when I flipped the phonebook and randomly pickled my user name here, I struck the motherlode. over 1000 claims! anyone good at documentation? asking for a random friend

[whitetail Junkie]

Originally Posted by Dean2

Yes it does. Mine said undisclosed too, also didn't say who it was from. Got that info when the claim was accepted.

If you have trouble with the search, try using Chrome for a browser, Firefox works but can be REALLY slow.

Awesome! It shows that she has "2" unclaimed properties...

I'll definatly post on this thread what comes to fruitation from this $$$.

Many thanks!

[colvert]

That's an other related topic, how about union dues paid for a few months for benefits that never came?

[wwbirds]

Searched name and nothing but my son came up. I notified him a few months ago and he dismissed as prob scam. Reminded him this morning after dean verified as legit for him. He has submitted claim with previous address going back 5 years. Will see if anything comes out of it

[fordtruckin]

Ha something less then 25$ for me when I lived in Spokane valley. Go figure.

[DirtShooter]

Searched my last name, inlaws and wife's maiden name, nothing. Which is fine by me.

[elkhunter11]

Nothing, and with an uncommon name, the search was very quick. Even my last name had few results.

[EZM]

Found an undisclosed amount (says over $50) from a old 401k (the equivalent to an RRSP here in Canada) that I had contributed into when I worked in the US from 20+ years ago.

Probably not big money, but it's there and mine to claim.

[funkman]

I see my name for Calgary....lived there in the early 80's while going to school.
No details given, I would have to apply and wait for results to see if it's me I guess.

[Cow Town Bill]

Thanks for the heads up.
Alas, no money for me.

[-JR-]

Was that a trick or a treat !
I think I owe them ?

[whitetail Junkie]

Originally Posted by whitetail Junkie

Awesome! It shows that she has "2" unclaimed properties...

I'll definatly post on this thread what comes to fruitation from this $$$.

Many thanks!

$650.00 from year 2013 owed to my sister...cheque should be in the mail within 6 weeks.She doesnt know yet what it was for but regardless Xmas presents for her kids are now paid for.

Thanks Dean!

[jstubbs]

Thanks so much for posting this. I apparently have money owed to me by Walt Disney Company, think from shares I owned like twenty years ago... go figure.

[solocam3]

Do you guys actually put in your SIN Number?

[daveyn]

Here is another link to the Bank of Canada site which holds dormant bank acct balances that have been submitted. I would use this to look up any deceased relatives you might have that may have died with Bank Accounts that the estate didn't consider and the accounts have gone dormant. Note the search is province specific so you will have to input each province the search subject may have lived in

https://www.unclaimedproperties.bankofcanada.ca/