Here’s one recently received by a resident who checked with me about this E-Mail she received. It is a fraud but it’s a fairly clever one. In PA if you leave money inactive in a bank account for a defied period of time the money must be turned over to the state. The state then enters the money in a database with the owners name. This database is searchable and if find money in it that is yours you can claim it. The important point here is that the state does not reach out to you.
Our resident received the E-Mail shown below. There are two parts to it. The first is the alleged amount of money they have discovered for her which she claims is not true. The second is the 15% fee they charge.
The first issue here is that you can go on the PA website and collect the money (if it exists) yourself at no charge. The second, and more significant part, is that you have to return the claim forms to them for submission. Those forms contain all the information scammers need for identity theft so don’t do it.