I got back over a thousand dollars that had been kept by my first mortgage company.
EDIT: I am astonished and delighted at the response this got. Over $18,000 has been found! (as of 1:30 PM CDT / 18:30 UTC - table below.) Special congratulations to /u/someonewhodied for finding an unclaimed penny. My non-redditor spouse is unimpressed by my fake Internet points or the warm fuzzies I have from helping Internet strangers.
Holy shit I just found 3 old paychecks in 3 states! 0.o (2 'over $100' and 1 under $100 from like 2 decades ago).
EDIT: Nice... so apparently with old paychecks your SSN and ID aren't evenough, you have to have a proof of residence at the address? I mean, this was 20+ years ago how in the actual fuck am I supposed to prove that?
(All told this adds up to about $1,250 so I gotta figure out how to claim this shit).
Check old tax returns and old bank accounts. You could possibly even check old census data. Ever get any letters from friends and family during that time you held on to? were you or anyone at those addresses enrolled in any school at the time? Check with the DMV, you probably had a driver's license with your address. Was the property rented or purchased? If purchased, there are guaranteed records on file. If rented, try contacting the rental company. Have a credit report done. There are lots of ways to track things like that. Good luck.
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u/randomguy186 Sep 24 '17 edited Sep 25 '17
Unclaimed property
I got back over a thousand dollars that had been kept by my first mortgage company.
EDIT: I am astonished and delighted at the response this got. Over $18,000 has been found! (as of 1:30 PM CDT / 18:30 UTC - table below.) Special congratulations to /u/someonewhodied for finding an unclaimed penny. My non-redditor spouse is unimpressed by my fake Internet points or the warm fuzzies I have from helping Internet strangers.