If you found $100,000 dollars what would you do?

The only option for me would be to turn it in (and hope nobody claims it).

From what I hear, as the money is almost certainly drug money, the workers will not be able to claim the money if (when, really) it remains unclaimed.

Eva, I never thought about the possibility of it being counterfeit...that would be scary!

Since it was drug money and it had been out there for awhile, without a doubt I would keep it. Just don't be stupid and deposit it all in big chunks or buy really expensive things all at once.

Originally Posted by clixpix

From what I hear, as the money is almost certainly drug money, the workers will not be able to claim the money if (when, really) it remains unclaimed.

Eva, I never thought about the possibility of it being counterfeit...that would be scary!

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I think that's wrong! If no one claims it than it should go to those guys who found it whether it's drug money or not!

Maybe I could spend just a little? On chocolate?

i would want to keep it but im wouldnt be able to, i would turn it in.

I would keep it without a dought.. I'm soo broke right now I could use all the help i can get. And judgeing from where that cash was found I would not feel guilty about it as my gut tells me it was gained though drugs.

As for what i would do.. pay bills start squirling some in a saveings account very slowly. And of couorse my donation to charity would be a nice one that year.

I think I would keep it. I could use help paying off bills. I would donate some to the heart and stroke foundation too. If it was Canadian money, I could tell if it was counterfeit or not. It is really easy to tell. I have no idea how to tell with any other type of money though.

If I found $500, I would definitely turn it in. That was probably someone's paycheck and they need it. But an amount like that?? Who except criminals carry around $100,000 in cash? I'd keep it in a heart beat!

Originally Posted by calico2222

If I found $500, I would definitely turn it in. That was probably someone's paycheck and they need it. But an amount like that?? Who except criminals carry around $100,000 in cash? I'd keep it in a heart beat!

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my exact feelings!

Tough one. I believe in karma, and if I did turn it in hopefully something good would happen to me.

On the other hand, if I took it, I would feel that someday somehow, it would bite me in the butt.

That is my brain thinking.

Realistically, I do not know. It would help me and my family out dramatically.

I really don't know how to answer as I cannot picture myself in the situation of finding it.

Oh, no question I'd be tempted! But I'd have to turn it in.

Well it's different to finding a $5 note on the ground and pocketing it. I'd go to the nearest police station and hand it in, leave my details etc.

Originally Posted by Xulili

And of couorse my donation to charity would be a nice one that year.

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If you could somehow do so anonymously, with no paper trail, that would be a great thing to do with it.

IMO, there's so much corruption that no one could insure that turning it in would see the money used for something good. More than likely it would end up as someone's "bonus" if it ever made it to evidence in the first place.

(Note: There are some very dirty cops, even around here. One, a sheriff, should be starting his trial soon - he raped the women inmates when they were in county lockup. And another in the town I grew up in planted drugs on people and stole - common knowledge. He wasn't fired, but he was pressured to leave.)

That amount i would be sticking it in my high interest account and giving some to several charities.

It's not like it's a couple of hundred that was lost, so if they had sense they wouldn't carry anything larger around on them

Originally Posted by Snake_Lady

Tough one. I believe in karma, and if I did turn it in hopefully something good would happen to me.

On the other hand, if I took it, I would feel that someday somehow, it would bite me in the butt.

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Frankly, I wouldn't know if it was packaged like "drug money" or someone's life savings who didn't trust the banks and got into an accident. Besides, knowing my luck if I did keep it the drug dogs would have found me (not that I have any reason for them to be searching me, but I swear I would have a few bills in my wallet and they would find it for some totally random reason), and I would end up going to prison on a drug charge. I know my luck, and that would be it!

So yes, I would turn it in, even if it meant that I wouldn't end up with any of it myself if no one claimed it. I would be really mad if I didn't, but I would get over it.

Originally Posted by clixpix

From what I hear, as the money is almost certainly drug money, the workers will not be able to claim the money if (when, really) it remains unclaimed.

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I've never heard of that twist to the law!

The authorities cannot prove it was drug money... 30 - 50% of U.S. bills in circulation have traces of cocaine on them.

http://www.snopes.com/business/money/cocaine.asp

If the money was unclaimed and not returned to the finder, the matter should be taken to court.

Originally Posted by SwampWitch

I've never heard of that twist to the law!

The authorities cannot prove it was drug money... 30 - 50% of U.S. bills in circulation have traces of cocaine on them.

http://www.snopes.com/business/money/cocaine.asp

If the money was unclaimed and not returned to the finder, the matter should be taken to court.

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That's just what I heard when I first heard the news story. I think it's considered evidence. Maybe it will change, who knows?

If I found it, I would also be concerned that it was from a bank robbery or something, and that they'd be able to trace the money...or if it was drug money, that the dealer it belongs to will somehow find out it's me.

I want to think that I would turn it in. I cannot picture myself in this situation, but I want to think I would turn it in. However, when the time came, I don't know. It would be really hard. We could really use it. Not even that much, heck we could use a hundred bucks.

Originally Posted by calico2222

If I found $500, I would definitely turn it in. That was probably someone's paycheck and they need it. But an amount like that?? Who except criminals carry around $100,000 in cash? I'd keep it in a heart beat!

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I like this explanation. I feel like if it were a couple hundred dollars, it would probably be someone's paycheck, but if it is $100,000 in cash, who carries that much money around except some kind of criminal??

Still, I would be afraid like Snake_Lady. I believe in Karma and if I took money like that, it would probably come around to bite me in the butt later. On the other hand, I also agree with strange_wings, that if I did turn it in, probably nothing good would come of it. I am cynical I guess, but I think the authorities wouldn't donate it to charity or use it to help people, they would make bonuses out of it probably, if they couldn't figure out what bank or organization it belonged to (assuming it did).

I would like to think that if I did take it, I would use it for the most important things and keep some in a savings account (slowly adding it to the account of course) and I would donate a lot of it to help other people. Then it would do good instead of evil.

But... I like to think I wouldn't take it. That is hard to say.

Hand it in and then cry!