PORTLAND, Ore. - The State of Oregon has hundreds of millions of dollars of unclaimed cash and finding out if you can claim any of it as easy as looking up your name in an online database.

"Right now, we're holding onto about $387 million," said Patrick Tate, who works in the Unclaimed Property Division.

About $5,000 belonged to Pauline Wall, who was very surprised to get a phone call from KATU News telling her the state had some of her money.

"I thought, well what kind of scam is this?" she said.

She was smart to be skeptical but this was the real deal. The money was from an escrow account when she sold her house six years ago.

Wall started working when she was 12 years old and just recently retired after decades of work.  She became quite popular at her retirement home after the news spread and already has big plans for her new found cash. 

"I'm going to call up my girlfriend and we're going to Honolulu," she said.

There are many people who are owed money and it is certainly worth taking a look to see if your name is on the list:

• Unclaimed property search