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Onwerless Goods is known in latin as Bona Vacantia and it means property or funds that have no rightful owner that can be located and the government takes management or ownership of. 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. If you know about the goods and can prove you should have them they can be recovered.

Unclaimed property can consist of bank accounts, property, company assets, or any other item of value. There are cases in which people die, but they haven't designated the recipients of their property or items. 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.

This possibility of being the heir to unclaimed property or having unknown money floating in governmental coffers has opened a wide field for scam artists. Everyone hopes that some deceased relative has left money or property that will make them rich simply by answering a letter or e-mail. Dishonest people take advantage of this desire to scam people out of their money.

Availability of Bona vacantia, or unclaimed funds, is usually advertised on the Internet or by other means stating that there are unclaimed funds and one should apply, giving their name and other personal information so that a check can be made to see if they are on the list. You might even have to enter names of family members.

Contact will soon follow, provided the family names you submit match their list, and you'll be asked for more information. The entire process takes place via letter or email and there is no agent involved. A person aware of this information will not be taken in by a scam.

Anywhere a person has their email or name made public is a source of potenential 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 conmen usually by correspondence or by an e-mail and they will be informed they have funds due them. This correspondence is designed to look very official and authentic.

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. In almost all cases the victim will not ever see anything from the money they have sent and the requests will continue until it is obvious they will not pay more to the con men. In cases like these knowing whom you are speaking to and being able to verify that with a service such as cell-registry.com/208/832/, can save much time and many dollars because it would be immediately apparent the agent is not who he says he is.

Personal checks are even better for scammers, as it allows them to get more out of you. This allows them access to the bank account number, the required signature, complete address, and other information. Sending a personal bank check to con men can make the sender vulnerable to ripoff artists who steal their identity. Absolutely avoid these correspondences if you can, but if you do want to investigate these claims, consult the appropriate government agency to check up on them.

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