{"id":327660,"date":"2025-10-23T23:22:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T23:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/327660\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T23:22:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T23:22:11","slug":"cant-find-your-retirement-account-heres-a-good-place-to-start-wsoc-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/327660\/","title":{"rendered":"Can\u2019t find your retirement account? Here\u2019s a good place to start. \u2013 WSOC TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHARLOTTE \u2014 Elroy Bupp likes fishing, especially from the pier at the ocean — but fishing for his retirement money, not so much.<\/p>\n

He says he got a letter about his 401(k) about ten years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt said I had money in there and wanted to know what I want to do with it, roll it over, do whatever with it. And I just lost the letter,\u201d he told Action 9 attorney Jason Stoogenke. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m on disability now, so I figured it would help.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bupp says he tried to track down that account, even asked all of his former employers, but \u201cnothing worked.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then he thought Action 9 will know what to do. Stoogenke told Bupp the federal government has a way to track funds, the U.S. Labor Department\u2019s Retirement Savings Lost and Found Database<\/a>, a good place to start. It\u2019s also pretty user-friendly. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was within 20 minutes\u2026 was all it took,\u201d Bupp said. \u201cReal relief because I\u2019ve tried everything. I didn\u2019t know what else to do,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Did he ever think he\u2019d find it?<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, not until I got in touch with you. That\u2019s my last resort. I didn\u2019t know what else to do,\u201d he told Stoogenke.<\/p>\n

(VIDEO: How to save for retirement at any age)<\/b><\/p>\n

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How to save for retirement at any age <\/p>\n

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