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We found a lot of money and returned them
Imagine that you are in a department store and accidentally stumbled upon the package in which lie 100 thousand dollars. Or bought a house in the secondary real estate market and in the repair of the attic found garbage bags stuffed with banknotes. What would you do? Pay their loans, buy a gorgeous new car? But stubbornly silent voice in my heart keeps saying: "It's not your money, they must return! Someone seems to have lost them and they desperately need a host ... »
You would be able to resist the temptation, and return the money to the owner?
Unknown homeless woman
62-year-old homeless woman from the Canadian city of Calgary has found a purse on the street, where there were more than 10 thousand dollars in cash. Although she lived in a local homeless shelter, but was determined to return the money to the owner. "Thought keep the money never crossed my mind," - confessed to the homeless.
The incident triggered a wave of sympathy for the woman, and her story was on the front pages of Canadian newspapers. Many people offered her financial assistance on a large scale. But our heroine was very uncomfortable, and from the very beginning insisted to remain incognito. However, the owner of the purse has established a trust fund in the amount of $ 500. When combined with other donations Canadians managed to gather up the amount sufficient to ensure that the woman was able to finally move into their own apartment.
Employee supermarket Walmart
Bismark Mensah, a member of Walmart Supermarket in Washington, collecting trolleys in the car park and found an envelope in which there were 20 000 dollars in cash. He quickly caught up with the car buyer who leave the truck and returned the envelope containing the money to the owner. For his good deed, Bismarck, he received an award from Walmart "Integrity in Action".
The money belonged to Sierra Leone and Gary Helton. The couple stopped at the store after receiving funds from the financial services company as the first payment for housing. Mensah has refused to accept a reward, and also turned down an offer to come to the couple for dinner. Currently Bismarck Mensah continues to work in Walmart, and his salary is about nine dollars an hour.
Fair grandmother
75-year-old grandmother, Billy Watts from Tennessee, was in a local restaurant Cracker Barrel, when she saw a bag hanging from a hook on the door. Inside was a photograph of two women and 97 000 dollars. She informed the employees of the restaurant, she found the money in the bag, took a bag with him and left his room.
Soon, she phoned the woman and accurately described the contents of the bag, including a photograph. Watts returned to Cracker Barrel, to return his find. Surprisingly, the mistress of the bag was most happy to return photos, only cards with a picture of her recently deceased daughter. The money was paid by the insurance for the death of her daughter, who comforted her mother was going to use for the move to Florida with her son. Grandma Billy Watts offered $ 1,000 as a reward, but she refused to accept them.
New homeowner
Josh Ferrin in Utah bought a house for his family. Inside the garage, he noticed a piece of cloth that hung from the attic door. Then he opened the door and found in the attic of the eight metal boxes resembling storage boxes of ammunition during the Second World War. Inside were rolled rolls of banknotes, tapered string.
Ferrin was frightened, phoned his wife and began to count the money. He counted about 45 000 US dollars. Ferrin recalled that the previous owner of the house was recently deceased Arnold Bangerter, who lived apart from their children. So Josh Ferrin decided to call Arnold Bangerter children and inform them of his find. The son of Arnold confirmed that his father had a tendency to hide the money. Ferrin returned the money, saying: "I am a father and worried about the future of my children. I can also save money for a rainy day, and it would be dishonest of me not to return money to children that their father had collected over the years ».
The taxi driver
42-year-old taxi driver Adam Woldemariam from Las Vegas decided to clean the interior of his taxi and found a black laptop case in the back seat. Inside was 221,510 US dollars in cash. He took the money to the office of their company taxi.
After about an hour on the radio he was again summoned to the office, where the Ethiopian tourist hugged and thanked him. The fact that the day before he won the money at a local casino. Adam in gratitude received $ 2,000.
Traffic discovery
Eli Estrada from Long Beach had a lot of debts on credit cards, not to mention the cost of an upcoming wedding and maintaining a growing business. So when he came across a bag with 144 thousand dollars in cash, it occurred to him that now his money problems solved way prosperous.
However, realizing that perhaps the money someone lost Ely reported the discovery of a major money to the police. It turned out that the bag fell out of an armored truck collector car Brinks, and was on the street. And, despite its debt, and the need to take care of his mother, who moved in with him after the loss of his home, Eli chose the side of decency and returned the money. The company Brinks later gave Eli a reward in the amount of $ 2,000, although his mother thought they should have given him at least 10 percent of the amount.
Employee theater
During the cleaning of the hall after the movie theater, a 19-year employee of the cinema Christopher Montgomery found a bag in which there were 24 000 dollars. And instead to push the bundle into his pocket, he immediately reported the discovery to his manager, who made sure that the money is returned to its rightful owner.
The money belonged to a small business owner Rosemary limoncello, which dropped the bundle of money out of the bag while watching a movie. In gratitude for the discovery Rosemary Montgomery offered monetary compensation, but he refused.
An unemployed teacher
Candice Scott of College Station, Texas, was driving driving his car when I saw a bag lying on the roadside. Despite the fact that she first took the discovery of dirty diapers, she still stopped to check it out. The bag was full of money, to be exact, there were 20 000 US dollars. Candace wondering whether to call 911 or take the bag itself to the police.
Noticing the logo on the bag Chase Bank, Scott decided to take the bag to the local branch of the bank. Director of the department, thanked her for her honesty and issued a gift card with $ 500 in the account.
According to Candice Scott, the cashier told her that she was the most honest man in the world, that Candace said, "or the most stupid».
Waitress
Jennifer Shaw, a waitress in a restaurant Mercer in Savannah, Georgia, found an envelope with $ 5,000, after a group of men left the bar. She quickly caught up with them and returned the money. One of the men, the owner of the envelope, thanked Jennifer and gave her $ 100 as a reward. The restaurant owner Mark Egan was proud of his act and the waitress said, "Very rarely people lose things in the restaurant, but when it happens, and our staff return loss, such cases do not allow to lose faith in humanity».
10-year-old boy
Ten Tyler Schaefer of Kansas City, due to flight delays, spent the night with his parents in the room at the airport KS Hilton airport. And at the exit, he confessed to his father: "I found the money!»
His father, Cody Schaefer, took the boy he found a box full of neatly folded banknote of 100 dollars, the total amount of which was more than 10 000 US dollars. Fearing that this drug mafia money, Schaefer gave them the security service of the hotel, which in turn transferred the police discovery. However, no one went to the police a statement about the loss of money. A Missouri state law says that if there are no claims for the return of lost things for seven months, 10-year-old Tyler has ownership of its find. However, the father and the boy refused to take money.
You would be able to resist the temptation, and return the money to the owner?
Unknown homeless woman
62-year-old homeless woman from the Canadian city of Calgary has found a purse on the street, where there were more than 10 thousand dollars in cash. Although she lived in a local homeless shelter, but was determined to return the money to the owner. "Thought keep the money never crossed my mind," - confessed to the homeless.
The incident triggered a wave of sympathy for the woman, and her story was on the front pages of Canadian newspapers. Many people offered her financial assistance on a large scale. But our heroine was very uncomfortable, and from the very beginning insisted to remain incognito. However, the owner of the purse has established a trust fund in the amount of $ 500. When combined with other donations Canadians managed to gather up the amount sufficient to ensure that the woman was able to finally move into their own apartment.
Employee supermarket Walmart
Bismark Mensah, a member of Walmart Supermarket in Washington, collecting trolleys in the car park and found an envelope in which there were 20 000 dollars in cash. He quickly caught up with the car buyer who leave the truck and returned the envelope containing the money to the owner. For his good deed, Bismarck, he received an award from Walmart "Integrity in Action".
The money belonged to Sierra Leone and Gary Helton. The couple stopped at the store after receiving funds from the financial services company as the first payment for housing. Mensah has refused to accept a reward, and also turned down an offer to come to the couple for dinner. Currently Bismarck Mensah continues to work in Walmart, and his salary is about nine dollars an hour.
Fair grandmother
75-year-old grandmother, Billy Watts from Tennessee, was in a local restaurant Cracker Barrel, when she saw a bag hanging from a hook on the door. Inside was a photograph of two women and 97 000 dollars. She informed the employees of the restaurant, she found the money in the bag, took a bag with him and left his room.
Soon, she phoned the woman and accurately described the contents of the bag, including a photograph. Watts returned to Cracker Barrel, to return his find. Surprisingly, the mistress of the bag was most happy to return photos, only cards with a picture of her recently deceased daughter. The money was paid by the insurance for the death of her daughter, who comforted her mother was going to use for the move to Florida with her son. Grandma Billy Watts offered $ 1,000 as a reward, but she refused to accept them.
New homeowner
Josh Ferrin in Utah bought a house for his family. Inside the garage, he noticed a piece of cloth that hung from the attic door. Then he opened the door and found in the attic of the eight metal boxes resembling storage boxes of ammunition during the Second World War. Inside were rolled rolls of banknotes, tapered string.
Ferrin was frightened, phoned his wife and began to count the money. He counted about 45 000 US dollars. Ferrin recalled that the previous owner of the house was recently deceased Arnold Bangerter, who lived apart from their children. So Josh Ferrin decided to call Arnold Bangerter children and inform them of his find. The son of Arnold confirmed that his father had a tendency to hide the money. Ferrin returned the money, saying: "I am a father and worried about the future of my children. I can also save money for a rainy day, and it would be dishonest of me not to return money to children that their father had collected over the years ».
The taxi driver
42-year-old taxi driver Adam Woldemariam from Las Vegas decided to clean the interior of his taxi and found a black laptop case in the back seat. Inside was 221,510 US dollars in cash. He took the money to the office of their company taxi.
After about an hour on the radio he was again summoned to the office, where the Ethiopian tourist hugged and thanked him. The fact that the day before he won the money at a local casino. Adam in gratitude received $ 2,000.
Traffic discovery
Eli Estrada from Long Beach had a lot of debts on credit cards, not to mention the cost of an upcoming wedding and maintaining a growing business. So when he came across a bag with 144 thousand dollars in cash, it occurred to him that now his money problems solved way prosperous.
However, realizing that perhaps the money someone lost Ely reported the discovery of a major money to the police. It turned out that the bag fell out of an armored truck collector car Brinks, and was on the street. And, despite its debt, and the need to take care of his mother, who moved in with him after the loss of his home, Eli chose the side of decency and returned the money. The company Brinks later gave Eli a reward in the amount of $ 2,000, although his mother thought they should have given him at least 10 percent of the amount.
Employee theater
During the cleaning of the hall after the movie theater, a 19-year employee of the cinema Christopher Montgomery found a bag in which there were 24 000 dollars. And instead to push the bundle into his pocket, he immediately reported the discovery to his manager, who made sure that the money is returned to its rightful owner.
The money belonged to a small business owner Rosemary limoncello, which dropped the bundle of money out of the bag while watching a movie. In gratitude for the discovery Rosemary Montgomery offered monetary compensation, but he refused.
An unemployed teacher
Candice Scott of College Station, Texas, was driving driving his car when I saw a bag lying on the roadside. Despite the fact that she first took the discovery of dirty diapers, she still stopped to check it out. The bag was full of money, to be exact, there were 20 000 US dollars. Candace wondering whether to call 911 or take the bag itself to the police.
Noticing the logo on the bag Chase Bank, Scott decided to take the bag to the local branch of the bank. Director of the department, thanked her for her honesty and issued a gift card with $ 500 in the account.
According to Candice Scott, the cashier told her that she was the most honest man in the world, that Candace said, "or the most stupid».
Waitress
Jennifer Shaw, a waitress in a restaurant Mercer in Savannah, Georgia, found an envelope with $ 5,000, after a group of men left the bar. She quickly caught up with them and returned the money. One of the men, the owner of the envelope, thanked Jennifer and gave her $ 100 as a reward. The restaurant owner Mark Egan was proud of his act and the waitress said, "Very rarely people lose things in the restaurant, but when it happens, and our staff return loss, such cases do not allow to lose faith in humanity».
10-year-old boy
Ten Tyler Schaefer of Kansas City, due to flight delays, spent the night with his parents in the room at the airport KS Hilton airport. And at the exit, he confessed to his father: "I found the money!»
His father, Cody Schaefer, took the boy he found a box full of neatly folded banknote of 100 dollars, the total amount of which was more than 10 000 US dollars. Fearing that this drug mafia money, Schaefer gave them the security service of the hotel, which in turn transferred the police discovery. However, no one went to the police a statement about the loss of money. A Missouri state law says that if there are no claims for the return of lost things for seven months, 10-year-old Tyler has ownership of its find. However, the father and the boy refused to take money.
