<prompt> Human: Long story short, I received a letter stating that my late step-father left me about 33,500 thats remained unclaimed so far. Theyre offering their services for 10, but in all honesty, I grew up very poor and homeless when I turned 18 and have just been working dead end jobs back to back ever since. Some people are saying just put it in savings, some say cryptostocks, some say IRA. What should I do?Assistant: You can probably claim it without paying anyone, for starters.Human: Ive looked into it for claiming it but a lot of it involves getting a death certificate for a person that I really honestly never really knew too much about since I was so young.  <response>: Public records cost a lot less than 3000. 