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Colleen | GovGab
July 17, 2008
The state of Pennsylvania owes me money.
My uncle was perusing the PA treasury website when he found a search field for people who may be owed money from the state. For fun, he started entering family members’ names, and BINGO! I’m the big winner.
Turns out, upon graduating in 2005, I failed to pick up my final paycheck from working at the University of Pittsburgh’s student newspaper. So the moolah has remained in the coffers of my alma mater for the past three years.
Why didn’t they just send it to me? I’m not entirely sure, they always seemed to get tuition bills and library fines to me with no problem.
Seeing that I was paid a whopping 1/3 cent per character, my missing funds aren’t going to be sending me on an exotic vacay, but I know I will put that $40 to good use (hello shoe sale!).
There’s a good chance Uncle Sam could owe you some money and you just don’t know it. USA.gov has a which lists possible places and sources from which you could be owed some cold hard cash. Also, check out your own state’s treasury page and see what you can find.
Any luck?
