Capital Pacific Group

I received a voice mail message from a «Matt.» He said he was «looking at a file that came across his desk» and trying to «close out an account» that had my name on it. He made it sound as if he was with a bank or similar institution, so I called him back. In fact, Matt verified my hunch that this business is an asset search firm that charges 10% of whatever is recovered. As others have pointed out, you can do this yourself by going to the State Controller’s Office and filling out some paperwork. I don’t object to the business itself — some people may want to pay 10% if it saves them time — but I DO object to the misrepresentations that their representative made to me.

Let’s look at it another way…
First, they are as mentioned here and elsewhere on the web, a legit company.
Second, I think 10% is a pretty fair commision.
Third and most of all… I didn’t know I was owed 10G… not a clue and I never would have until I got their letter. BRAVO CPG!!!
And now that they have been given their due props…
Forth, after a little investigation, mainly here with you dear Unilocalers… I found this website
and did all of the work myself and saved 10%!! WOOT!
So… let’s not bash the folks for wanting to make a living, especially at a reasonable commision rate and enjoy some blessings of new found $$$.
It’s all good Unilocalers!

Got a letter in the mail from them saying they would help recover a big chunk of change from my uncles estate. Sure smelled of a fishing scam to me. I recall you can deal with the state of California directly to get the funds. What ever happened to an honest days work.

I didn’t have them do my claim of property, but i was contacted by Folsom about some properties and their offering to help me claim it.
Yes, they are legitimate:
The California State Controller verified that, yes, they are a legitimate company.
They do charge 10% of the total amount of property recovered. I am sorry that they didn’t tell this to Jack, but the person i spoke to had let me be aware of that. Sorry they didn’t give you that information, Jack :(
What I was told was that all they need from me is a notarization (if applicable), signatures, drivers license, and SSN. The rest (proof that i own the properties) would be done by them. Obviously, if they needed further documents, they would contact me.
In a nutshell, if you dont want to go through the hassle of looking for proof that you really do own the unclaimed money, then go with them. You will pay them 10% of your earnings, but that’s it.
If you want 100% payment going to you and you dont mind getting the needed proof, then do it yourself. I am almost all done with my needed proof so i am just going to continue doing it on my own. It is actually not that hard to do if you keep records of all your business transactions.