Just the short end first - Mother died 3 years ago and we are finding out from friends she had multiple bank accounts and a safe deposit box my stepfather knew nothing about. I've had no luck in any searches. She had a gmail account that my stepfather now trolls but doesn't really use (He is like Fred Flinstone when it comes to technology) and a FB account that is still up but but not in use. I'm convinced everything I need is in one of the two.

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Posted by C

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Member since Dec 2007

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Posted on 11/27/15 at 5:41 pm to LSUKNUT

Why not just ask google for assistance.

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Posted by ILikeLSUToo

Central, LA

Member since Jan 2008

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Posted on 11/27/15 at 6:03 pm to LSUKNUT

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She had a gmail account that my stepfather now trolls but doesn't really use (He is like Fred Flinstone when it comes to technology) and a FB account that is still up but but not in use. I'm convinced everything I need is in one of the two.

FYI, access to accounts like that are almost always obtained via social engineering. Knowing your mom's personal information (last four of social, DOB, family members/dogs/favorite things, etc.) would be about the only way anyone could help you. Armed with those things, you'd have just as good of a chance as anyone around here. Nobody here's gonna know how to backdoor their way into the Facebook "mainframe" and decrypt a password like an '80s movie savant.

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Posted by usc6158

Member since Feb 2008

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Posted on 11/27/15 at 6:23 pm to LSUKNUT

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Just the short end first - Mother died 3 years ago and we are finding out from friends she had multiple bank accounts and a safe deposit box my stepfather knew nothing about. I've had no luck in any searches. She had a gmail account that my stepfather now trolls but doesn't really use (He is like Fred Flinstone when it comes to technology) and a FB account that is still up but but not in use. I'm convinced everything I need is in one of the two.

Enjoy prison

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Posted by NewIberiaHaircut

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Member since May 2013

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Posted on 11/27/15 at 6:28 pm to LSUKNUT

Isn't this what an estate attorney is for?

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She had a gmail account that my stepfather now trolls but doesn't really use

So your step father has access to the gmail account? You can't just ask him to give you access?

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FB account that is still up but but not in use. I'm convinced everything I need is in one of the two.

I don't have a FB account but I doubt people have banking info on their facebook page.

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Posted by ATL-TIGER-732

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Member since Jun 2013

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Posted on 11/27/15 at 6:44 pm to LSUKNUT

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Mother died 3 years ago

Knowing which state she lived in will get you more specific answers about the bank accounts etc.

Federal and state laws say inactive accounts must be turned over to an overseer agency. The length of inactive time may vary.

Also, businesses should periodically check against the Social Security Death Index. Three years is about time for the notice of her death to be disseminated everywhere.

Again, post her state of residence here and someone may give you a direct link to that state's unclaimed property division.

Name index to deaths recorded by the Social Security Administration beginning in 1962. Current as of February 28, 2014.

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