I have found a fair bit if money in my corridor near to my student accommodation

hand it in to the authorities.

what goes around comes around

:yep:

Reply 4

CONJH99

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If I were in your shoes, I'd take it to student resources, or the police, and see if anyone can prove it is theirs.
That way, you can't be accused of trying to keep the money for yourself, and it is much more likely the person that lost/left the money will claim it.
Hope this insight helped somewhat, best of luck! :smile:

Reply 5

Heyok

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I always been curious, how the police can find that person who lost their money?

Reply 6

OP

Original post by Inister

The good in me says take it to the Police

The evil in me says keep it

hmmmmmm intresting

what would you ulimately do then :smile:

Reply 7

OP

Original post by the bear

hand it in to the authorities.

what goes around comes around

:yep:

is that really right though as ive heard that expression before but i wouldnt really know how else anyone would prove its theres surely it would be extremly hard for anyone to prove it is theres if i was to hand it into the relevant authorities

Reply 8

OP

Original post by CONJH99

If I were in your shoes, I'd take it to student resources, or the police, and see if anyone can prove it is theirs.
That way, you can't be accused of trying to keep the money for yourself, and it is much more likely the person that lost/left the money will claim it.
Hope this insight helped somewhat, best of luck! :smile:

Wouldnt it be extremly hard for anyone to prove that the money is there if i was to hand it in
I wonder if the authorites wouldnt just keep it for themselves if no one was to claim it meaning i wouldve lost out on the money
thankyou for your insight :smile:

Reply 9

the bear

Original post by jack6565

is that really right though as ive heard that expression before but i wouldnt really know how else anyone would prove its theres surely it would be extremly hard for anyone to prove it is theres if i was to hand it into the relevant authorities

it certainly does not belong to you. the authorities will know what to do.

Reply 10

yungaheartz

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How much is a fair bit? Are we talking hundreds or thousands?

Reply 11

OP

Original post by Heyok

I always been curious, how the police can find that person who lost their money?

yes it is something i have thought about as surely it would be extremly hard for one to prove that it is there money

Reply 12

OP

Original post by the bear

it certainly does not belong to you. the authorities will know what to do.

I did tell a very close friend and he is the only one i have told and he said to me that now im not sure if this is right or not but if i was to hand it in their is a chance that the authorties may keep the money if no one was to claim it after a certain period of time

Reply 13

PossiblyNotGod

Use it to post pictures of the missing money around campus.

Reply 14

OP

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theft_by_finding

Original post by yungaheartz

How much is a fair bit? Are we talking hundreds or thousands?

we are talking hundreds so it is a fair bit of money but not a massive amount

Reply 15

samesea

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Hand it in.. imagine if you were the one that lost that money. Somebody needs that.

Reply 16

Iridocyclitis

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Reply 17

goggleyed

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Keep it (if you need it)
Hand it in if you don't

No idea why people call it a crime though. You didn't steal it so keeping something you found is not a crime. Sure it's sad for the person it belongs to but equally their fault for stupidly dropping/losing it. And don't say it could have been stolen because which thief would steal money and then just dump it somewhere?

Reply 18

the bear