Three friends in New York found $40,000 (£24,000) in a second-hand couch they had bought, then tracked down the owner and returned the cash.
Reese Werkhoven, Cally Guasti and Lara Russo bought the furniture from a charity shop for $20 and found the cash in several envelopes.
The woman said her daughter had sold it while she was in hospital for a surgery, unaware what was inside.
The most money I'd ever found in a couch was like fifty cents. Honestly, I'd be ecstatic to find just $5 in a couch," Mr Werkhoven said.
Ms Russo told the blog the trio found the name of the woman on one of the envelopes.
"We all agreed that we had to bring the money back to whoever it belonged to... It's their money, we didn't earn it," she said.
When they returned the money, the woman rewarded the three roommates with $1,000.......BBCnews
*wow,takes a lot of self discipline to return so much money.
I found N20k in a nylon bag one time in Nigeria .....A bus stop area whilst waiting for bus oh.
I waited and waited,infact i literally froze there waiting but no one came so i left with the money..lol
Chei Stella! Na dis kind money oga and I need to settle plenty things o....SHAKI
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DeleteThat's why it's good to buy okrika. Those days when I used to be an " Ok major", chai!, I will make sure in there when they are opening a new bale of bags, buy like 15 first grades to resell in school, e no get how, i must see money inside. The highest I ever saw though was 500 pounds and e be like One million to me that time for uni.
DeleteThese people tried sha, dunno if I would have returned 40k USD,e go hard o
I dey mad for me to return money in dollars. Mtchewwww. Sleeping on bike tinz.#God please I need this kin miracle
ReplyDeleteI'l track d owner of d money,but only to say thank u
DeleteUnless you reorient your mind and ways you may not see the miracle of financial wealth. Zechariah 5:3 summarises that God has placed a curse in the house of a thief...think about it.
Delete@Mr Fantastic,well said!
DeleteThank God you didn't turn toa goat Stella. Money juju fear ..
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DeleteIf Na Naija, dat money no go even reach them share sef talk less of return to the owner. Them go fight kill each other on top am. Shows their level of self discipline. Gud for them.
ReplyDeleteYou are talking of naija...if na me,I no go return shishi....
DeleteTypical of my sibs n I. We were brought up that way... Society sees ppl like us as simpletons but please I hate to smear my conscience. The burden can kill. I won't enjoy d money. Return the money to the owner if there's an addresss to it or traceable! To d three ladies, your honesty n eFforts are commendable... #Belle
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DeleteSincerely! I don't think I will return the money
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Stingy woan shlda treated herself wit d money buh she no gree tell ppl she get dat kain money, in a bid to help her moda daughter sold d sofa for jus 20dolls na God save am say ppl wey buy am r God fearing
ReplyDeleteI'd have returned if it was me.
ReplyDeleteI'm that disciplined as a preacher's Dora
U, preachers daughter, lol!
DeleteI was paid 10,000 extra instead of 30000 @ diamond bank I returned d money after getting home nd staying for more than an hour it pays to b good
ReplyDeleteForget that thing u mean u didn't count d money at d counter.u were simply afraid u will be caught that was why u returned d money!that's all
DeleteForget that thing u mean u didn't count d money at d counter.u were simply afraid u will be caught that was why u returned d money!that's all
DeleteI was paid #15k extra as a student in 2001,that was a lot of money then. I counted and called d atten of d cashier, my dear, it's an individual thing... I have found an almost new phone in a cab and I dialed d last nos, asking them who d owner is, I traced d small boy to Dolphin ikoyi and returned it. now lemme tell u another amazing miracle, wen I finished uni, I made a 3rd class( covers my face in shame) I went to st Dominics to give out money 100,000 this was close 2 Xmas, I had finished my rosary in d church, walked out leaving my hand bag behind 2 fetch holy water cos I got thirsty, while walking back, a funny looking girl hastily walked past me, I went back sat on d seat beside my bag, observed it was tampped with, I quickly brought out d cash, and half was gone, in a matter of 10 mins, I pledged d money anyways told God it wasn't my.fault.. the nxt year, I got an amazing job, d following year.a car, d nxt trips all over d world... I became so good @ work I was sent out 4 trainnings.... D thing is, wen pple steal 4m u, they unknownly increase GOD's blessings in ur life
DeleteThat's the honorable thing to do...
ReplyDeleteTrue talk. Very honorable, wish we could have more of such people in the world. Esp all this customers that don't hesitate to disappear with wrongly posted money in banks.
DeleteWow! That's very nice of them, honestly I wouldn't know what to do if I found such in Nigeria. Unless I saw it on the ground ; in that case I won't even touch it, but if it's this kind of situation I might be tempted sha.
ReplyDeleteI for Don enter Dubai first go chilax and enjoy the Arab country before I think of how to return am sef. The
DeleteStella, r u sure u waited and waited before leaving with that money? Lol
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Just $1000 na wa... She stingy o
ReplyDeletehonesty is d word..e no fit happen for my country..
ReplyDeleteStella did you find that 20k in enugu? And was it in 2002?
ReplyDeleteI'm guessin u lost 20k in Enugu in 2002 lwkMD!
DeleteLmaoooo.......stella no go kill me,dat wat a good morning laugh,was eager to know wat you did with the money
ReplyDeleteSuzzy, if na naija abi if na u? abeg STFU. Dnt generalise pls. Nt evrybdy in 9ja go die d money. We still ve good pple in ma country Plssss. *Dat Udi Chic*
ReplyDeleteMy friend rented out an apartment 2 sm chinese guys in d UK,fast fwd 3 yrs later;chinese moved out only 4 my friend 2 discover 5 large bin bags of grade A skunk under d floorboards with a full lab in d basement.Street value is believed 2 be about 150k pounds so 'we' are looking 4 buyers lol
ReplyDeleteI would love to return the money to the rightful owner but with the way this life de right now I no sure(God forgive me)
ReplyDeleteHonesty is a rare virtue dat only few are privileged to be blessed with in this our times!...
ReplyDeleteGood samarithans
ReplyDeleteStingy woman, hiding money in a couch, money when you go die leave , I know her type , they don't want to spend the money or use as charity . They just want to keep the money and could only give a $1000.
ReplyDeleteI will do same
ReplyDeleteYou paint Nigerians as if we are all devils! Some people will still return the money In Nigeria! Why are we always In haste to condemn our country?...$exyD
ReplyDeleteI guess they don't need the money. Emi fun ra mi, my two legs will be touching the back of my head running to the bank. Hiss
ReplyDeleteS to DK, thank God u no collect that 20k oh! by now u for don turn to yam.
ReplyDeletehaa! this blog for no come de exist. oh no!!!! cant imagine.
thank God o!
Its easy to say yo would return the money when you ain't looking at the crispy notes.RETURN FIRE!! If I hear
ReplyDeletebloglord,i collected the money oh......lol
ReplyDeletei waited for the owner to come nobody show face,so i had to go with it,i was holding it tight and the only money i had on me was one hundred naira.i fet it was a miracle sef..it solved all my immediate problems then and i even gave testimony to everyone..lol
Stella next time find d nearest police station and hand it over afterall d police is ur friend. Hehehehehehe
Delete@Sdk - u won't kill me abeg! Lmao!
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haaaa! u collect? omo your jazz strong pass.. infact your head get better oil.
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kk seriously, the person who lost that dough must have cried so much.
e don happen be say d money don enter ur pocket, so the money don lost pass as e lost from the original owner. lol
Lol
ReplyDeleteLmao@"so I left with d money".. Stella abeg no kill person dis morning.. But that woman na original aka aradite, aka glue! Stingy woman.. Out of 40k, she only gave dem a mere 1000dollars, dis is one of d reasons why sum ppl choose to b dishonest!
ReplyDeleteWhat they did is really good. She should have given them 5000 instead of 1000! She is too stingy!
ReplyDeleteI would return the money. But i will negotiate with the owner. At least gimme tithe Na. 4k dolls. Shikena! I blame the students. They have bad negotiation skills.
ReplyDeleteSDK and blog visitors, May 17/2014 2pm has stolen my ID oh, please i did not post that comment oh. Who ever you are if it was a mistake please make correction oh. Ha! #ORIGINAL MOI. Who ever you are don't try that again!!!
ReplyDeleteLmao.......things dey happen,,,late last yr my friend bought ok for her little niece inside d pocket lo & behold was 400 euro,,, it was a real miracle fr heaven,,God real gave her xmas money...
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