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Look for forgotten money under your old names and past addresses

Idea + starter prompt, not run by us yet

For: People who have moved around or changed their name and may have unclaimed money sitting somewhere

A Reddit poster asked Claude to search official unclaimed-property databases for their current and old names across every state they had lived in. Each hit had to come back with its source, any amount listed and a link for starting the claim. One commenter said every hit must cite the exact page or row, or it gets dropped.

Steps

  1. List every name you have used and every place you have lived. Keep it to what you are happy to type into official search forms.
  2. Ask Claude to use only official sources, such as government treasury or unclaimed-property sites for each place.
  3. Require a link to the exact page or row for each match. Drop anything it cannot point to.
  4. Open the links yourself and check the details match you before you start any claim.
  5. Never pay a fee or a percentage, and never give bank login details to release money. The post flags those as red flags.

Starter prompt

Starter prompt. Change the [brackets] first.

This job only searches and reports. It starts no claim, fills in no claim form and changes nothing outside this chat.

Trial first. Run one search with a made-up name, [Test Person], in one state, [state], so I can see the layout of your answer. Then stop and let me check it.

After my OK, help me find unclaimed money in my name. My names are [current name and any past names]. I have lived in [list of places]. Search only official government unclaimed-property websites for each place. Do not use paid finder services.

For each possible match give me the source site, the amount if shown, the exact page or row it came from and where to begin the claim. If you cannot point to the exact page, leave the match out and tell me why.

Stop and wait for my yes before you open any claim page that asks for personal details. Never ask for my bank login, ID numbers, passwords or card numbers. End with a short checklist of what I should verify myself, and warn me about any site that wants a fee.

Original post: Reddit · found via agentusecases.ai. Written up in our own words. We haven't run it, so test it on made-up data first.