Every year thousands and thousands of people lose track of billions and billions of dollars as they move, die, or go into hiding. As a result, cash from things such as interest distributions, security deposits, tax reimbursements, canceled insurance policies and paychecks find themselves in the financial equivalent of the dead letter office.

The law dictates that this cash must sit around until the owner comes looking for it. Often times that's never, especially if you're Sean P. Puff Diddy Daddy Combs.

But the money is easy to find. By utilizing the free resources at the National Association for Unclaimed Property Administrators (NAUPA) and the unclaimed funds search engine at the NY State Comptroller's office one can easily find out if relatives, friends or Ethan Hawke has money waiting for them.

Sadly, my grandma doesn't - but Wesley Snipes does.

MIKE WALLACE - 60 Minutes Legend
Time Warner

AL FRANKEN - Future Former Air America Host
EP Talent Services, SCIE (an entertainment paymaster), Walt Disney

KOFI ANNAN - Future Former UN Secretary General
Allstate Insurance

CAMILLE PAGLIA - Smartypants femin-ish
MetLife, Prudential

ANGELINA JOLIE - Puffy lipped home-wrecker
NYS Tax & Finance

JON STEWART - Entertainer
Walt Disney

NATHAN LANE - Actor
Walt Disney, Chase Bank

AL SHARPTON - Blacktivist
State Farm, SCIE

RUDY GIULIANI - Mayor, presidential hopeful?
NYS Tax & Finance, Group Health, SCIE

MARTHA PLIMPTON - Actress
World Financial Network Bank, NYS Comptroller

WILLIAM L. SAFIRE - Journalist
Lucent Technologies, NCR

MONICA LEWINSKY - Humidor
Ford Motors

S.I. NEWHOUSE - Publisher
Aetna Health Management

MARIO BATALI - Chef du Jour
Tiffany & Company

JAYSON BLAIR - Pretend Journalist
ConEdison

HOWELL H. RAINES - Former NY Times Editor
Salomon Smith Barney

DEREK JETER - Testosterite
NYS Tax & Finance

MAER ROSHAN - Editor, RADAR
Florida Reciprocity

SUSAN SARANDON - Tim Robbins's Mom
NYS Comptroller, Sony Pictures

DEBORAH HARRY - Singer
News Publishing, Walt Disney, American Federation of Musicians

BETTE MIDLER - Crooner, Actress
Unity Mutual Life

LORNE MICHAELS - Canadian
SCIE

MIKE MYERS - Comedian, Canadian
SCIE

RACHEL DRATCH - Comedienne
SCIE

JUDITH REGAN - O.J.'s Friend
Meredith Corp.

FLAVA FLAV
SCIE, MetLife, Group Health, United Healthcare

CHARLIE ROSE - PBS Fixture
WNET

LIV TYLER - Actress, Parent
WRLJ Maple

CHRISTOPHER NOTH - Actor, Restaurateur
Universal Studios

GEORGE SOROS - Billionaire Hungarian meddler
Guardian Life, Washington Post

Merry Christmas, boy & girls.