You can look up your name in government lists of unclaimed moneys. This used to be a state system but there is now a national register which for some reason includes an enhanced view of a dog's eyeball:
https://www.moneysmart.gov.au/tools-and-resources/find-unclaimed-money/unclaimed-money-search Just enter a name. There are also some chancers who mine the register and match people then offer a reclamation service with a fee which may be half the amount. If you ever hear from one of these outfits, go direct to the list. - Jim On 17 April 2013 10:06, Tom Worthington <[email protected]> wrote: > This week I noticed an email in my Spam folder warning that if I did not > send my details, unclaimed money in my bank account would be transferred > to the government. The message contained the word "advices" so I thought > it was a badly worded scam. I was about to press the "Junk" button to > tell the system to block future such messages, when I noticed it was > from my financial adviser. It turned out this was a genuine message. > > Australian banks are required to send the government any money in an > account which has not been used for three years. Had I not read the > email, my money would have disappeared. How much money is going to the > government because the unclaimed account notices look like Spam? > > > -- > Tom Worthington FACS CP, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150 > PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia http://www.tomw.net.au > Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards > Legislation > > Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Research School of Computer Science, > Australian National University http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/COMP7310/ > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link > _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
