The name Bona vacantia , in England, stands for ownerless property that has passed to the crown. This has various names in other countries. In the United States it is simply unclaimed property that goes to the State where it occurred or, in some cases, to the government. However, it is recoverable if one knows about it.
Almost any item of worth can be considered ownerless goods such as, abandoned checking accounts, real estate, or even jewelry There are cases where a deceased person has not made a will or appointed any beneficiary and their property leaving them in limbo. These ownerless goods or in some cases money, are then taken charge of by the state or government but can be reclaimed by the person who owns them or by someone who can prove they are the rightful.
Since this type of thing happens all the time, scam artists have used the possibility of this situation to their advantage for a long time. There are people out there who would be very receptive to the idea of receiving property or funds from a relative they didn't know about. These same people can be preyed upon by scammers who just want their money.
These unclaimed properties or moneys are not kept secret but advertised in the local paper, or via a website and they may request some basic personal information such as a full name or possibly relatives names and that information is checked against the database to see if there is property for the inquirer. Occasionally names of relatives will be required.
Contact will soon follow, provided the family names you submit match their list, and you'll be asked for more information. You won't be able to contact a real person in this process, doing all this through email. If you know this, you'll be less likely to be scammed by tricksters.
Anywhere a person has their email or name made public is a source of potential victims for the Unclaimed goods ripoff artist, it could be the phone book, email lists or email scrapers off the internet. The next step in this ripoff is to be contacted by the con men usually by correspondence or by an e-mail and they will be informed they have funds due them. A simple glance won't usually reveal these communications to be frauds because the con men take pains to make it look as if the letter were from a government or state agency.
Once a victim sends a response, they often get a phone call from the scammer, informing them of fees that they have to pay in order to collect. For the most part, this money gets paid to the con artists, and the victim never receives any of the money they were led to believe they would. As a result, you have to consult
telephone-owner-search.com/850/472/ or other such telephone look-up services in order to find out just how valid the caller is, and whether or not they're legitimate.
Over any other form of payment a bank draft is considered the best by ripoff artists. A personalized bank draft from the victim opens them up for even worse scams and their name, home address, bank account number and sometimes even driver's license number become available to the con men. Sending a personal bank check to con men can make the sender vulnerable to ripoff artists who steal their identity. The proper place for letters of this sort is the garbage can and of course never write back to them, the next step would be to email or write the proper agency to report this type of scam.
