Appeal to overseas Premium Bonds winners

NS&I has appealed to people living abroad who hold Premium Bonds to check their numbers.

NS&I says there are currently more than £3 million-worth of Premium Bonds prizes waiting to be claimed by people living overseas.

Among these prizes is one for a cool £100,000.

NS&I revealed that there are 850,000 savers based abroad holding Premium Bonds worth almost £750 million. Of these, 30,000 have had the address they provided to NS&I flagged as undeliverable.

Top prizes

The table below outlines the six highest unclaimed prizes from overseas winners.

In total more than 63,000 prizes remain unclaimed. However, there is no time limit for claiming prizes, so the money is held until the rightful winner can be tracked down.

NS&I has urged those with Premium Bonds who are based overseas to register for its online and telephone service, or to opt to have their prizes paid directly into their current account. You can do that by registering for NS&I’s international payments service.

NS&I says that prizes generally go unclaimed as a result of people moving house, forgetting that bonds were bought for them as a child, or executors are unaware the bonds are held when someone dies.

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How to check if you've won

If you want to check whether you are owed a prize, you can use the prize checker on the NS&I website. You just need to enter the number into the search bar. Alternatively you can write to NS&I, quoting your name and address, and former names and addresses, date of birth and (if known) their Premium Bonds holder’s number.

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