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I just received a letter in the mail today from this so called metabank. Never heard of it and all of a sudden the letter states that I have a prepaid unclaimed card from them that needs to be claimed.

The letter states that I need to mail in 2 forms of government identification to get this so called unclaimed money that belongs to me that I never knew of... the form also ask me to send in all my personal information such as, signature, date of birth, social security! !!!! (Never ever do that!!) Phone number and email and address.

Lol this *** is a joke. Its straight up fraud! !! It has No contact phone number, No company name on the evelope, a fake bar code!

Please people! Do not listen to this *** and get your money stolen! Please be smart! It obviously wants all your personal information so it can send you a card and make you spend thier money and than charge you an arm and a leg to pay back.

Or even to steal your personal information to open up cards else where or even sell off your information!

!! Be careful theres so much fruad out there and some looks real!!

Location: Los Angeles, California

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it would help if you provided a reimbursement form so that I could claim my funds.

Zailee Fja
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Just got one too, replied to the email address, inquiring more information, but haven't got a response. Then called the number, entered the account number, only to hear a recorded message apologizing for technical difficulties.

Guest

I got the same letter. I agree this is a scam.

Guest

Just got a letter in the mail .Thank you for the heads up.Not giving any info.

Guest

My son received one of these letters and I also thought it was a scam so we waited until funds were sent to NYS unclaimed funds where you can request funds without any scam and my son did, in fact, have unclaim funds which he thinks may have been from a previous employer to required him to have a card for pay check deposits.

Guest

Thank you

Guest

I suspected that this was a fraud when I read the letter asking for my Social Security number. Thanks for spreading the word & confirming my suspicions.

Mikaeel Rcq

Sure, there's a lot of fraud being committed, but maybe you should research a claim before making accusations. If you look into this (I mean doing a quick google search and reading the first few results), then you would see that this actually seems pretty legit. I'm not saying people shouldn't be careful, but not everybody is out to screw you out of your money; try doing a little research before jumping to a conclusion.

Guest

I received 2 letters notifying me of unclaimed property in the US Virgin Islands. Different "account numbers", no amount and the same instructions.

(sign and complete form, copy of 2 govt IDs, etc.).

Scram SCAM! How many people fall for this ***

Guest
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a lot

Guest

Thank You!

Guest

Got my bogus letter today....I read that the scammers from INDIA and PAKISTAN call us Americans "vegetables" because we are brainless. WELL!

NEWSFLASH!!!

My vegetables could even see through this ridiculous scam!! WHY don't they use their ingenuity to make an HONEST living??

Guest

I received the same letter. Mine is addressed to me from the State of The District of Columbia but D.C is not a state and I researched the barcode and it comes back to Karnataka which is in the Country of India.

I'm sure those thieves there have had luck ripping off Americans but not this one.

Stop, use common sense and do some research. Another scam from India.

Guest

LOL i had the same exact *** come into the mail stating unclaimed property !!! lol hahaha i laughed

Guest
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lol

Guest

Received 11 of these letters in one day. Each letter had a different account id #- all of them had a "Response Due Date" of 09/31/18.

September only has 30 days!!! Appears to be a scam, since they don't know how many days are in the month of September.

Guest

My daughter just received 4 of them and we live in NY. Fake bar code, no telephone number, diffterent account number on each letter . SCAM SCAM SCAM

Guest
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just got same letter in NY. not sending anyone my SS# or account # lol.

thanks for the heads up. i typed in the Sioux Falls address they sent and saw this site

Guest

My letter came from the California State Controller's office advising that Meta Bank had $145 of unclaimed property. I called the state controller, they told me to call Meta Bank to file a claim...

I did, I am waiting for a claim form. Apparently it was a "Blackhawk gift card" that was never used. Very possible... I have received so many through the years and my wife usually misplaces them.

Meta Bank told me I could just wait for the funds to be transferred to the State and they will contact me in about 4 months. They seemed legit, but I am reluctant to give out my SSA# and Drivers Lin# on their form, so I think I'll wait for the state.

Guest

I just got the same letter today !! It sounds like complete fraud.

I was tempted to google for a phone number. I read on another site they CHARGE you to call them !!

What is that nonsense???? Unreal...Stay safe.

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