Here's an interesting comment I received on my post You Could be Rich and Not Know It! where I told readers they could go to certain sites and see if they were owed any "lost" money:
From what I understand, these sites are also used to "smoke out" people who have creditors after them. A friend of mine used to work for a collections agency and he said that you'd be shocked by the number of people who, after going "underground" for owing thousands of dollars, would pop up to claim a $20 credit. He said that many times the "found money" would be at the same company that the person owed money to, indicating that some companies invent credits to collect unpaid debts this way. Gotta wonder if the IRS does the same thing.
Let me just say this: if you're running from the IRS or have committed some illegal act where law enforcement agencies may want to "smoke you out," getting your hands on any lost money should probably be the least of your concerns. ;-)
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