re: Idiots find 1 million dollars on the road

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I would, for the rest of my life, wonder if someone saw me. And if/when someone would coming looking for it.

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That's what would get me the most. I'm a worrier as it is.

I could convince myself that it was owned by the big evil corporate bankers or rich businessman and that it was not rightfully mine. Finders keepers. It would take a bit of mental work, but I could convince myself.

I don't think I would ever stop worrying about that knock on the door though. That would eat at me forever and possibly outweigh the enjoyment of $1 million.

I don't know, quite the conundrum.

I would think you could tell where this money came from by looking at it.
If it's all clean crisp bills in sequential order, it's for a bank.

If it's not, it's probably some illegal activity.


If the bank wanted their money back, they could probably trace you using it eventually, especially if you use it everytime you go to the grocery store or Wal-mart. Unless the illegal activity people had a tracer on it, or saw you take it, they ain't coming back for that, or trying to track it down.


And no i would not tell anyone i found that. Although in todays world, you can't just go buy something big in cash without raising suspicions from the gov't. Pretty sure you go buy something like a car and pay in cash, they have to report that, if they can even accept a cash payment like that.

If all the bills were new, it would be hard to ever use it in large chunks. If the bills were old and new, just a mixed bag of bills, i would think it would be a lot easier to say i been saving this for years and want to deposit some of it when you want to make a large purchase, like a car, or a down payment on a house.

The problem is cash isn’t the fly by night commodity it once was. If it’s been involved in a crime in any way, any time it gets used and taken in by a bank, the secret service and fbi will be notified and it won’t take long to trace it back to you and they don’t care about charging people for spending found money like that.

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I made the mistake of telling some people

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never ever tell a living soul

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How you gonna explain to the IRS you “found” $1M in cash?

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Why in the world would you do that?

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I can disappear with 900K

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900K won't go nearly as far as you think it will and it sure as shite isn't enough to live a life looking over your shoulder on the run

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20K to make their lives more comfortable.

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Lol

Yeah I am thinking in a similar situation I would look at the lost and found listings in the area for a while to see if anyone asks and then I would be paying cash for a lot of stuff for a while. Maybe also slowly depositing money in the bank $5 or $6K here and there. Not on consecutive days and not at the same bank.

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The wife and I would feel absolutely zero guilt in keeping that money. Keep it low key, no large purchases, stack money from our regular jobs in the bank, cash for every grocery bill, bar tab, restaurant check, etc. forever.

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Yep.

If it was packaged in a way that made it obvious it was not some old lady's life savings, I would do exactly what you're saying.

I would spend it $50-$100 at a time and I'd have it kept in a very hidden safe in my house. Maybe behind a false bookshelf or under floor boards or something.