# Fsca — Wrapped API

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> Search the FSCA Unclaimed Benefits portal to check whether any unclaimed financial benefits are registered for a given ID or passport number and surname. Returns matching records from the Financial Sector Conduct Authority's database.

**Category:** Government & Public Data | **Website:** [www.fsca.co.za/Unclaimed-Benefits-Search/](https://www.fsca.co.za/Unclaimed-Benefits-Search/) | **Docs:** [parse.bot/marketplace/8e5431a2-cfb8-4305-9c82-25d519d8c3e6/fsca-co-za-api](https://parse.bot/marketplace/8e5431a2-cfb8-4305-9c82-25d519d8c3e6/fsca-co-za-api)

Pay-per-use API proxy. Each call is automatically billed to your wallet in USDC.

## Access

**Base URL:** `https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-fsca-co-za-api-8e5431a2/`
**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer <LOCUS_API_KEY>`

## Endpoints

### search_unclaimed_benefits

Search for unclaimed benefits by ID/passport number and surname on the FSCA portal. Returns whether any matching unclaimed benefits records were found, along with the results if available. A not-found response is a valid successful result indicating no benefits exist for the given details.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `id_number` | string | Yes | South African ID number or passport number to search for. |
| `surname` | string | Yes | Surname of the person to search for. |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-fsca-co-za-api-8e5431a2/search_unclaimed_benefits \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_LOCUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"id_number":"<string>","surname":"<string>"}'
```