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U.S. state treasuries are holding over $80 billion in unclaimed money right now. Lost bank accounts, forgotten paychecks, uncashed refund checks, old insurance policies, and abandoned retirement funds — billions of dollars belong to ordinary Americans who don’t know the money exists.
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