Cash Unclaimed Media Room

With the cost of gasoline rising to over $3.00 per gallon, Americans need to save money where possible. But is there really such a thing as free money? I will not insult your intelligence, no, nothing is absolutely free. However, there is “free money� available BUT the catch is it does take your time and some internet forms or paperwork to receive it. If you are willing to put in a few minutes you can have some money in hand!

1 – Money for College

Unclaimed money in the United States is at an all time high, $25 Billion, and unclaimed tax refunds make up a large portion of that number. Approximately $2 Billion in unclaimed tax refunds is owed to 1,714,500 Americans who did not file for their return in 2002.

People owed refunds on their 2002 taxes have until April 17, 2006 to file for that tax year and claim their refund. If they do not file the $2 Billion will be forfeited to the government.

Unclaimed money accounts in the United States total over $25 BILLION dollars! The money ends up in these account do to the governments “escheat laws� requiring institutions such as banks to turn over funds from dormant bank accounts, uncashed checks, unused gift cards, etc. States are now passing bills to spend the money from these Unclaimed Property Trust Funds.

These funds are owed to millions of Americans and instead of making any sizable effort to contact the rightful owners, the state is now proposing to spend this money to handle there own budget problems.

Christmas shopping is getting more and more expensive each year. With over 70% of Americans reported to be living paycheck to paycheck, where does the money come from for Christmas shopping? Here are 5 tips to getting some extra money for holiday shopping:

1 – Sell items on Ebay

Everyone is buying right now. Why not have them buy what you have for sale? All different types of items sell on ebay – the clothes your kids never even wore that still have the tags on them, DVD’s, collectible items sitting around just collecting, and any other “hot� items you may have lying around.

Unclaimed money is a topic that everyone is interested in. After all, how many times do you find out that you are owed money that you didn’t even know about? If you have a finance related web site or publication you can use the below article to help your readers better understand the topic of unclaimed property and lost funds. So enough of my commentary and on to the article:

Unless you won the lottery this week you would probably be excited to find money owed to you. Unclaimed money and property in excess of $25 Billion is being held by the government and is just waiting to be claimed.