RetireBy90
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
I received a letter from Payne Richards & Associates recently that said they were "contacting me regarding a refund/stock transferred into a third party trust account where it is being held on your behalf for safekeeping".
My first impression was off to the recycle bin, but then I read through the one page letter, and found a reference to a web site www.osc.state.ny.us which appears to be in the valid ny.us domain and thus should be a reputable site. I did a search there with only required my name. The search returned an unclaimed asset with an old address (about 1981 address I believe). Says it was reported in 2005 by LIFE INVESTORS INS CO PDI.
Has anyone else been contacted with reported abandoned property ? I've done searches in Nevada and Virginia, 2 states I have lived in but never found anything. I'm wondering if there is any history of solicitations like this being a scam ? They want me to send proof of the 2 addresses listed for me, the 1981 address and our current address. I'm thinking the only thing I would have from 81 is a tax return and don't want to submit that to anyone, government or not. Even if it is true there is abandoned property that now is mine, it would have to be many thousands of dollars to let a 81 tax return out in the wild.
I'm inclined to trash this and forget about it.
My first impression was off to the recycle bin, but then I read through the one page letter, and found a reference to a web site www.osc.state.ny.us which appears to be in the valid ny.us domain and thus should be a reputable site. I did a search there with only required my name. The search returned an unclaimed asset with an old address (about 1981 address I believe). Says it was reported in 2005 by LIFE INVESTORS INS CO PDI.
Has anyone else been contacted with reported abandoned property ? I've done searches in Nevada and Virginia, 2 states I have lived in but never found anything. I'm wondering if there is any history of solicitations like this being a scam ? They want me to send proof of the 2 addresses listed for me, the 1981 address and our current address. I'm thinking the only thing I would have from 81 is a tax return and don't want to submit that to anyone, government or not. Even if it is true there is abandoned property that now is mine, it would have to be many thousands of dollars to let a 81 tax return out in the wild.
I'm inclined to trash this and forget about it.