Here’s How to Check for Unclaimed Money on Government Portal eGUMIS

No matter how rich you are, no one would say no to some extra money, right? eGUMIS (Electronic Government Unclaimed Moneys Information System) is an online portal launched by the Accountant General's Department (AGD) for the public to check if they have unclaimed money from various sources or institutions in the country. Basically, any payment that an institution tried to pay you but failed will be sent to the portal under the Unclaimed Moneys Act 1965

As reported by The Star, the eGUMIS portal, which was launched in 2020, received about 17.2 million visitors as of March 2023 and has almost 4.4 million registered users. Note that the government may pass legislation this year to shorten the claim period from 15 to 10 years. So, if you have any unclaimed money from ten years prior, you may not be able to claim it next year.

If you haven’t heard of it yet, or haven’t checked on the website to see if you have any unclaimed money, here are the steps on how to do so:

Register for an account on the eGUMIS portal. Make sure it’s the right website egumis.anm.gov.my as there may be scam duplicate websites.

Verify your account via your email and change your temporary password to a new one.

You’ll have to type in your user information but it’s pretty straightforward.

You’ll be led to a page and select the purple button ‘click here to search for unclaimed moneys’.

Sadly, in my case, I didn’t have any unclaimed money, but it will appear on this page if you do. You can also check for family members using their identification card numbers. Note that each user’s account is limited to two searches a day.

Enter your bank details. You will also need to upload a copy of your identification card and bank account statement.

As shared by X user @chyiconazrul, he claimed a whopping RM37,249.23 and the money helped him out during the Movement Control Order (MCO). According to the photo he posted, he had RM11.85 of unclaimed money from RHB Bank, RM32.70 from SBD Properties, RM36,994.41 from AIA, and RM210.27 from Maybank.

Penah claim masa pkp dulu..sgt membantu ketika itu.. pic.twitter.com/vFrRJPCVgP
— Si Nazrulestine ???? (@chyiconazrul) May 29, 2023

As reported by The Star, homemaker Jessica Lai thought that it was a scam but found out that she could claim RM1,000.

You can also read more about unclaimed money on the official portal of the Accountant General’s Department of Malaysia here.

Image credit: Bernama, facebook.com/MyGCCMalaysia