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<p>I wouldn't be too surprised to find that the states where these
companies were located had the funds in an impound account or two.
I believe that the retirement accounts established by these
companies HAD TO BE maintained separately from the core
businesses, so the funds may still be there, gathering interest
all these years, if you can find them. <br>
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<p>Maybe the Social Security Administration can point to to where
these funds are reportedly being held and, counterintuitively,
actually HELP you to find those accounts - or whatever agency is
still holding them for you. <br>
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<p>It may take some work, but the reward should be well worth it. <br>
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<p>Either way, the topic of 'what happens to my retirement accounts
when the company goes 'poof'?' may become an interesting article.
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/22/2019 1:44 PM, David Needle via
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I recently applied for social security - yeah, I'm that old.
Sigh. But not retiring. </div>
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<div>Anyway, I just received two letters from the Social
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<div><b>Potential Private Retirement Benefit Information. </b></div>
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<div>Each one begins: <i>"We are writing to tell you that you,
or the worker whose Social Security number appears at the
top of this form, MAY be entitled to some retirement
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<div>Long story short, one letter says there is a "value" of
$18,376 in a retirement account connected to CMP Publications
reported in 1998 and the other lists $34,687 from Computer
Currents Publishing reported in 1996. </div>
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<div>Both of those companies are long gone so I assume this is
just some unresolved accounting by Social Security. While I
don't remember these exacty figures, I did have a 401K at both
companies so I assume that is what is this is in reference to
and the money isn't actually owed to me or even exists
anywhere as I would have rolled it over long ago. </div>
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<div>Oh well, got excited there for a minute. </div>
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