We Really Have Found Your Money!

"The old adage, 'If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is' isn't always correct. In fact, the suspicion, cynicism, and doubt that are inherent in this belief can and does keep people from taking advantage of excellent opportunities."

- Richard Carlson, bestselling self-help author of Don't Sweat the Small Stuff

One of our most difficult tasks is convincing people that they really do have the right to recover money provided that they file a valid claim before the deadline. It shouldn't be difficult to return money to its rightful owners but often it is!

Our task often requires numerous time-consuming letters, e-mails, faxes and phone calls, but unfortunately, more often than not we fail. It's very disappointing to see hundreds of entities lose all rights to their claims every month but all our successful recoveries provide us the encouragement we need to persevere.

Since our inception, we have constantly struggled to find the right words to establish that we're a legitimate company and our research is accurate. To reassure prospective clients that our research really has identified recoverable money that we believe belongs to them, we have formulated many strong arguments which are summarized below:

1. Our clients never advance any money to us. We're paid strictly on a contingency fee basis and cover all our own expenses.
2. In the unlikely event our recovery efforts are unsuccessful, our clients pay us nothing.
3. As soon as we receive our client agreement, we immediately provide clear and convincing proof that the unclaimed money is real.
4. If you Google "Cash Recovery Now", you will discover absolutely no negative feedback.
5. We invite our new clients to contact the holding agency directly to verify the good news.
6. Most of our clients are educated, sophisticated individuals who would never allow themselves to be rip-offed. Rip-offs target people who are uneducated and gullible.
7. With $100 billion of real money in unclaimed asset accounts nationwide, why would anyone in our business resort to fabricating phony assets?
8. Auditing databases for unclaimed funds and then tracing and contacting the rightful recipients is very time consuming and expensive. Why would we bear this expense if we weren't legitimate?
9. We don't take money away from people as a rip-off would do. Rather, we get people money!
10. GoDaddy that hosts our website has never received a single complaint about us. They would take us down in a heartbeat if we weren't legitimate.
11. All our forms and agreements are professionally drafted.
12. MOST IMPORTANTLY, when a reputable company informs you that your money is languishing in an unclaimed asset fund, you can be almost 100% certain that it's true so don't let your ego get in the way of the benefits to be gained from the knowledge and experience of others.
13. The real "rip-off" is run by governments, not by asset recovery companies! This is explained fully in the next section.

The Little Known Government "Rip-Off"

The real "rip-off" is run by governments, not by asset recovery companies! Here's how the "rip-off" works:

Government agencies lobbied to have laws passed that allow them to escheat (confiscate) the unclaimed property of entities (individuals, partnerships, corporations, organizations, government agencies, etc.) after a deadline if the entities fail to discover the unclaimed funds in time and file a valid claim to recover their money. The government agencies have very strict requirements that must followed to the letter before claims are approved.

Furthermore, the holding agencies are NOT required to trace the rightful recipients no matter how much money is involved nor or are they required to publicize the unclaimed funds on a website. They are also allowed to earn interest off the funds as long as the money is held in escrow.

Imagine that someone said to you, "Here's $500 million. Invest the money and keep the interest. The money really belongs to others but you're not required to trace them. If the rightful owners should discover on their own that you're holding the money AND file valid claims to recover the money under rules that you establish and judge, you must give them their money back. However, if they fail to find the money or file their claims before the deadline, they lose all rights to claim their money and you can keep it all permanently." Given that arrangement, would you make the maximum effort to find the rightful owners?

As a result of these laws that have received almost no publicity, billions of dollars each year are legally confiscated by governments. In the state of Delaware alone in Fiscal Year 2013, $566.5 million was escheated from unclaimed property accounts directly into the state's General Fund. This is the third-largest revenue source in Delaware following personal income tax and franchise tax appropriations!

Many government officials also play down the number of claims filed by individuals that are denied because of some minor deficiency. The claim process is a regulatory maze with numerous obstacles for unsuspecting claimants. Claim review units have strict requirements that must be followed to the letter before claims are approved and reimbursements are made. In fact, many claims are denied that would have been approved had they been handled correctly by a professional.

Of course, rightful owners "can" file their own claims to avoid the contingency fees but there's a big difference between "can" and "should" so even if claimants DO discover the identity of the agency that's holding their unclaimed money, they should consider hiring professionals to prepare and submit their claims.

Our mission at Cash Recovery Now is to stop our clients from losing their money through this government "rip-off". However, when we reach out to the rightful recipients of the money to inform them of the government "rip-off", many of them take no action for fear we are attempting to rip-off them! This situational irony would be amusing if it weren't so tragic.

There's a staggering amount of misinformation circulating about unclaimed money recovery. These misleading statements play a major role in helping governments escheat unclaimed property from their rightful owners. This is explained fully in the next section.