<prompt> Human: Im always surprised by how few people know about this.When a business owes you money but cant send it to you, they may turn it over to the state. Each state holds onto that money and keeps a detailed list of who it belongs to. If some of its yours, you can file a claim to get it back into your pocket.The money could be anything from eg. States Unclaimed Money Unclaimed Back Wages Life Insurance Retirement Taxes Banking, Investments, and Currency Mortgages Saving Bonds International FundsThe United States Government has a service set up to help assist you with any queries or claims here: Edit: For Canadians :Edit: If you live in Britain :Last edit:France :Australia :New Zealand :Switzerland :Edit again: Thank you to those who shared their successes with me. Its very heart warming Remember to get your family members and relatives to check too.  <response>: Got around 150 for my mom! Ive checked before and theres never been anything but this is awesome. 