• Leviathan@fedinsfw.app
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    1 hour ago

    This much money, I would try my best to find the owner and return. I’m a total antireligionist and atheist and the guilt would eat me alive.

  • ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca
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    I once found like 200$ in 20$ bills on the ground in a park near my home.

    I live in Hochelaga, Montréal. It is the neighborhood with the most homeless encampments in all of Québec.

    There just so happened to be a bus across the street that serves hot food and gives clothes to the homeless from the “Dans la rue” non profit organization.

    I walked up to the bus and asked if they took donations. They said yes. So I gave them the money.

    If I ever win the big prize at the lottery, I’m going to help anyone I can in my neighborhood and my city to find shelter, food and clothes and allow them to be independent so they can get their life back on track.

    And I also want to open a grocery co-op in my neighborhood and expand across the province to compete with the price gouging grocery chains in Canada that are responsible for food insecurity and inflation.

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    I’d try to return it to the owner, which will allow me to forget the whole situation eventually.

    If I kept it, I would never forget that I did that. For some reason, things like that stick around in my brain for decades.

    I’ve lived my entire life so far without that person’s money, so I’ll continue to be fine without it.

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    Check for ID. If there is none, then it’s mine.

    Well, I guess, if it’s some place with like a front desk, I’d consider leaving contact info if someone comes looking. But, really, it’s mine now.

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    Check if its real then keep, simple as~

    if you lost this, your Fuckin stupid and deserve to lose this much open cash. may your cartel boss simply endebt and let you keep your finger and knees in one piece.

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    Honestly I’d try to find the owner and secretly hope they’d be grateful enough to give me some of that cash lmao. My mom had her wallet stolen once and whoever stole it took all the cash but left everything else. We found the wallet on our porch the next day. It was weird. The credit cards didn’t even get yoinked

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      Stealing and spending cash is theft. Stealing and using a credit card is theft plus fraud. The sketchy guy I bought weed from in high school taught me many life lessons but the most important one is this: don’t break the law unless you have to, but if you do have to, break only one law at a time. Of course, he got arrested, but that itself taught me not to get involved with organized crime and not to sell drugs out of your landlord’s house. Ray was a smart guy.

    • neomachino@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      I’ve lost my wallet and had someone return it with all the cash gone, and I’ve done the same with a wallet I found. Call it a finders fee.

      The fact that they returned it cards in tact show that they’re at least somewhat of a decent person. Would’ve been easier to take the cash and throw the rest in the trash. Credit card fraud is a whole different crime.

      I was thankful to not have to go to the DMV for a new ID and call the bank for new cards (although I probably should’ve anyway), the cash was lost anyway.

      • Raiderkev@lemmy.world
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        I had some asshole pickpocket me in Vegas in a casino. He took all the cash and threw the wallet into a trash can. At least I was able to get the wallet back with my IDs and credit cards, but all my gambling budget for the weekend was gone instantly. I was shocked he was bold enough to do it in a place so notorious for having cameras everywhere. Apparently the casinos only care about their own money because they didn’t do a goddamn thing. I figured they’d at least throw me some free play or something.

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    Check for an ID. If there is one, bring it to the address listed. Mail it if it’s not local. If there isn’t one, bring it to the local police station.

    And for the record, I’m an atheist.

    • AlphaOmega@lemmy.world
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      Fun fact. If you find money or valuables and no way to find the owner. Take it to the police department, and after 3 months or so it becomes your property if no one claims it. At least in the US.

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        I tried that with a ring. They never filled the paperwork to release it back to me and instead sold it at auction and kept the proceeds.

        I was a young teenager, and my dad was trying to use this as a lesson about doing the right thing. We both learned a lesson, but it wasn’t the one he expected.

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        Three Months later:

        “Here’s your $20, citizen. Thank you for your honesty.”