A real great find during these rough economic times: according to dateline msnbc you might be rich without even knowing so, due to unclaimed cash that… well… is out there, waiting for you to come get it!

The idea behind this little trick you can perform to see if you were rich without even knowing follows a strange little rule: whether it’s an inheritance, a stock note or even a check (unclaimed money or property), the state eventually gets them until somebody claims them back. Until now, people didn’t really knew about that, and that’s when MSNBC and their Dateline come into play.

According to them, all you have to do is to go to this website at unclaimed.org, log in, complete all the details there (a state you or any member of your family has ever worked in or played in, type in the name) and find out if you are one of those who might be rich without knowing! The service is completely free, but right now it’s under heavy traffic and it moves sluggishly.

However, make sure that following such measures, scammers tend to come in and make their lives better. So try to follow the advice offered by Dateline and MSNBC, quoted below:

- Never pay anyone to get your own money back.
- There are companies that will call or send you a letter stating they’ve found money for you– but they’ll want to take a cut of your money… as much as 30 or 40 percent and there is absolutely no need for it.
- Every state has a free online database where you can check your name.

Now go to the website and let us know if you’re a millionaire or not!