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Good will hunting is worth a lot to the heir hunters

Britons are handing over millions of pounds of cash they inherit to so-called heir hunter firms each year.

Heir hunters, also known as probate genealogists, trace beneficiaries of estates when the holder has died without making a will, or people who have been left money but are at an unknown address.