Woman finds bag filled with $65,000!

Mandy · 10-23-2007, 08:32 AM

I can think of a lot of things i would do, my list is long, but right not i would want to go on a long vacation!!

DianaB · 10-23-2007, 09:00 AM

Well, first I would turn it in because it might have been a little old woman's life savings or something. But if it wasn't claimed and I received it back I would probably give it to my husband to help make farm payments. The flood hurt us this year and our crops haven't produced as much as they should have and my husband's combine went under so now he needs another one. He's not saying too much about finances to me because he knows that I get really stressed. I think that this time I wouldn't think about myself.

katepoet · 10-23-2007, 09:42 AM

The law is also that you must turn it in - there is no finders keepers, losers weepers legislation!

Temptation can really test your ethics. We are so tight that turning it in would be hard but I expect that I would do it. How could I hold my head up in front of my husband and son if I lied and kept it?

judy · 10-26-2007, 07:00 PM

How do you know who to turn it in to? In NYC, that's like looking for a needle in a haystack. You can't put up posters "Did anyone lose $65,000? If so, call me."

I wouldn't just hand it over to the police so it can lay in a a basement somewhere.

Tink · 10-26-2007, 08:04 PM

Here's a link that should work.
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/10/05/So...n_cash__.shtml

The bag sounds like the ones we used at the bank which means it would have had Loomis armored and the name of the place it had been picked up at right on the package. So we couldn't use that excuse... lol

I would be sorely tempted but believe I'd turn it in. There are so many safeguards in place to prevent people spending large amounts of money that they shouldn't have that I'd be afraid of getting caught with it and wouldn't enjoy it anyway.

If you deposit more than normal your bank is supposed to try to know why... if you suddenly have a lot more cash than usual that you're paying things off with or purchasing things with, it will often be reported...

As an example, we had someone think he was hot stuff and come into the closing on a property with a duffle bag full of cash and dramatically dump it on the table. BY LAW we had to notify the FBI so that they could investigate where the guy might have come up with it. He might have felt important for the day, but it did come back to bite him. (he'd been stealing and selling things and was growing pot on the property he'd bought that day) when the FBI finally finished their investigation of him and went to his new place to arrest him. He had a shed filled with stolen property and had he not acted so blatant and foolish he might have gotten by with it.

AngieDoogles · 10-27-2007, 07:09 AM

It's sad that she didn't get any kind of reward for that! Poor woman...at least she knows she did the right thing...

katepoet · 10-27-2007, 06:15 PM

I love that her manager is trying to find a way to reward her. I bet her town will step up too, with a plaque or a day in her honor. They often do.

10-23-2007, 08:32 AM	#1
Mandy Donating 4WT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Who cares! Posts: 4,587	I can think of a lot of things i would do, my list is long, but right not i would want to go on a long vacation!! __________________ Many people will walk in and out your life, but only true friends leave footprints!

10-23-2007, 09:00 AM	#2
DianaB Moderator Donating 4WT 13K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 16,069	Well, first I would turn it in because it might have been a little old woman's life savings or something. But if it wasn't claimed and I received it back I would probably give it to my husband to help make farm payments. The flood hurt us this year and our crops haven't produced as much as they should have and my husband's combine went under so now he needs another one. He's not saying too much about finances to me because he knows that I get really stressed. I think that this time I wouldn't think about myself. __________________ ´¨) ¸.•´¸.•´¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Diana Baker ✞ You and I are friends....... Always remember that if you fall I will pick you up...... After I stop laughing!!!

10-26-2007, 07:00 PM	#4
judy Donating 4WT Yakker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Denver, NY Posts: 8,097	How do you know who to turn it in to? In NYC, that's like looking for a needle in a haystack. You can't put up posters "Did anyone lose $65,000? If so, call me." I wouldn't just hand it over to the police so it can lay in a a basement somewhere. __________________ *Judy*

10-26-2007, 08:04 PM	#5
Tink Donating 4WT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rural Wisconsin Posts: 3,707	Here's a link that should work. http://www.sptimes.com/2007/10/05/So...n_cash__.shtml The bag sounds like the ones we used at the bank which means it would have had Loomis armored and the name of the place it had been picked up at right on the package. So we couldn't use that excuse... lol I would be sorely tempted but believe I'd turn it in. There are so many safeguards in place to prevent people spending large amounts of money that they shouldn't have that I'd be afraid of getting caught with it and wouldn't enjoy it anyway. If you deposit more than normal your bank is supposed to try to know why... if you suddenly have a lot more cash than usual that you're paying things off with or purchasing things with, it will often be reported... As an example, we had someone think he was hot stuff and come into the closing on a property with a duffle bag full of cash and dramatically dump it on the table. BY LAW we had to notify the FBI so that they could investigate where the guy might have come up with it. He might have felt important for the day, but it did come back to bite him. (he'd been stealing and selling things and was growing pot on the property he'd bought that day) when the FBI finally finished their investigation of him and went to his new place to arrest him. He had a shed filled with stolen property and had he not acted so blatant and foolish he might have gotten by with it. __________________ 'A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.' England 's Prime Minister Tony Blair'

10-27-2007, 07:09 AM	#6
AngieDoogles Donating 4WT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,509	It's sad that she didn't get any kind of reward for that! Poor woman...at least she knows she did the right thing... __________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~MT

10-23-2007, 09:42 AM	#3
katepoet Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 992	The law is also that you must turn it in - there is no finders keepers, losers weepers legislation! Temptation can really test your ethics. We are so tight that turning it in would be hard but I expect that I would do it. How could I hold my head up in front of my husband and son if I lied and kept it?

10-27-2007, 06:15 PM	#7
katepoet Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 992	I love that her manager is trying to find a way to reward her. I bet her town will step up too, with a plaque or a day in her honor. They often do.

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