hi all
my mum (in SA) received a letter today from a Melbourne law firm offering to put her in touch with some lost money ($450 approx) for a fee.
the firm checked out, but being the good Ozbargainer i am i decided to look for the lost money myself, nothing on the ASIC website (i have looked there quite a few times) then i thought perhaps there is a state government website, sure enough each state has one, by putting my surname into each states unclaimed money search i found the $450 of my mums, and also another $500 of my brothers and his wife (we are negotiating on the finders fee on that one!)
I also found another one for my Dad in QLD, just $120 but thats alot to a pensioner!
I assume organisations send the lost money to wherever their head office is.
All of this is probably common knowledge.. but it wasn't to me so i thought it worth a share!
Some useful links below:
asic - https://www.moneysmart.gov.au/tools-and-resources/find-uncla…
http://www.revenue.nsw.gov.au/ucm/search
https://www.sro.vic.gov.au/unclaimed-money/search-your-uncla…
https://www.treasury.sa.gov.au/search-um
https://www.treasury.wa.gov.au/Unclaimedmonies/
https://www.ptg.act.gov.au/unclaimed-money
http://www.treasury.nt.gov.au/TaxesRoyaltiesAndGrants/Unclai…
http://www.treasury.tas.gov.au/budget-and-financial-manageme…
https://www.pt.qld.gov.au/other-services/unclaimed-money/sea…
2 of my siblings have money owing to them. less than $50 each.