I've found a wallett

[dilemma456]

I've gone through it hoping to find an name, a phone number or even a bank card but there's nothing except one thousand pounds in cash.

I've called the police and told them what I've found and where and that I'll drop it in later today but I feel a bit nervous even having it in my bag.

This might be usefull see your own local police dept policy

Welldone for handing it in.

Of course this is what you shoul do. Can't beieve people wouldn't - what does that say of our society?

There is plenty of chance that it is nothing to do with illgotten money and may well have been lost entirely innocently!

I handed in a handbag that had been left in a trolley in Tesco, they said the woman was on the phone frantic about it a half an hour earlier,
I never heard from her but felt good handing it in,
well done dee

I wish whoever found mine when I lost it last Friday was as honest. :(

I lost shopping money, gift cards, debit card, hole in the wall card, Clubcard vouchers, receipts, the works. A total of about £250 of a lone parent's money all gone, to say nothing of the distress and difficulty caused by having no bank card, no access to a car and the nearest bank being in town, accessible by the once every two hours bus, at a cost of over a fiver return... only I don't have that fiver because my purse is missing.... :(

Years ago I was on the bus with my elderly neighbour and she found, on the floor, a purse containing over £1000 and a set of keys. She promptly handed it in to the police station and it was claimed by a very upset/relieved pensioner who, apparently, had saved the money up to buy a new sofa. My neighbour got a large bunch of flowers and her picture in the local paper.

My neighbour said afterwards that it was the keys that bothered her the most, that she couldn't bear the thought of somebody being locked out of their house and in distress, as she said she 'knew' the money belonged to someone old because of the style of purse!

Good for you for handing it in Dilemma, you never know just how desperate someone may be having lost it, and it's a lot of money

NordicPrincess - would you really have kept it ?

I hope you're joking, it saddens me that anyone would keep it for themselves.

Good for you Dilemma, I'd do exactly the same. I can't understand why anyone else wouldn't.

It doesn't matter who the money belongs to, the fact is it isn't yours and I suspect that you wouldn't enjoy spending it anyway. This way if no one does claim it then you can treat yourself and not feel bad.

I'd have handed it in too. It could be an elderly person who was saving it up, and putting it the spare wallet, or it could have been anybody.

If i had lost that amount of money and it was legit and someonehad handed it in I would be totally over the moon.

We found a shirt in our bin once. There was about £300 in the breast pocket in rolled up notes. The shirt was bright yellow and stank of cheap aftershave. I rang our local police station to ask if anyone had reported the loss/theft of a shirt and they said no. They wanted me to basically keep the money but when I said I really didn't feel comfortable about that (I had visions of the shirt-owner turning up on our doorstep and demanding it back!) they came round and collected it.

I never heard back and I reckon the cash went into the coppers'Xmas party fund!

Oh- it might be Michael Hesletine's... doesn't he pay cash for things that cost thousands?

I once took money out at a cash-point, then promptly walked of without collecting the actual cash. It was over £100.

When I realised about 10 minutes later I returned to the bank with no real hope of getting it but a very honest woman had handed it in and didn't leave her name.

I've handed money/jewellry in to the police myself over the years and always think it could be someone on their uppers who desperately needed it.

Honesty really is the best policy - I've been on the receiving end of having lost purses and money stolen when I could ill afford it so I remember the horrible feeling.

I'd have kept it too, I think. Unless I was in that situation I can't be sure. Actually maybe I wouldn't, but I'd be bloody tempted.

I lost my purse once (had left it on top of car and driven off). Got a phone call to say folk had found it, drove to their house in seedy part of town and they returned purse - bank cards there but money (about £70) gone. They seemed to want a reward - they didn't get one - I'd already cancelled the card

You know you're right to hand it in, I'm sad to hear that everyone agrees.

Purple pillow, if it's stolen from somewhere then obviously it's illegal because by definition, theft is taking something with the intention to permanently deprive the legal owner of it.

If you were lucky enough to find an envelope stuffed full of £50 notes with no identifiable owner, you are totally allowed to keep it. The point being; no one would ever be able to satisfactorily prove it was theirs anyway.

Duh!

Meant to say sad to hear that not everyone agrees.

It's a huge assumption to say that just because there's no bank cards, it's illegal.
I met a 90yr old last month who brought his wallet in with him containing £1,800, he had no cards as he had no bank account.