First aired in August, 2008, You Might Be Rich is hosted by Tiki Barber who leads a team of investigators to return unclaimed "lost money," stored in various state treasuries, to its owners.
It is estimated that more than $30 billion of unclaimed money is being held by states who lack the resources to find the owners.WKYC News (Cleveland, OH): Dateline NBC: You Might Be Rich! (July 14, 2008)
Missing Money
"Missing money," also called "unclaimed property," describes a wide variety of things including uncashed checks, unreturned deposits, the contents of forgotten safe-deposit-boxes and old stocks.
Tiki Barber
- Full name: Atiim Kiambu Hakeem-Ah
- Born: April 7, 1975
- Former professional football player
- Drafted by the NFL in round 1997
- Alma mater: University of Virginia
- Three-time pro-bowler
- Retired from the NFL in 2006
- Now part of the Football Night in America
Dateline MSNBC You Might Be Rich News
- NBC15.com: You Might Be Rich: A Local Man's Story (April 27, 2009)
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Second airing
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Starring Tiki Barber
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Also features Peter Alexander and Tamron Hall
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Hour-long program
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Returns money to four different families
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Website Missingmoney.com can be used to help locate missing money
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The NAUPA was founded to help connect people with missing money
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NAUPA manages Unclaimed.org
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Unclaimed.org is run by the state's controllers office
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British version
mylostaccount.org.uk
