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by peterburkimsher
2443 days ago
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It is coincidental that the person who lost their wallet is working in that industry, but it probably helped the story go viral instead of just disappearing. I happen to be friends with the guy who found the wallet - we met at the CouchSurfing meetup in Kaohsiung, when he visited Taiwan. This was his personal reaction: "I found a wallet in the middle of the road while cycling home from work today. I couldn't find the guy on Facebook, but one of his bank cards had his sort code and account number printed on it, so I got in touch by transferring him 4p and including my phone number in the payment references. It worked, and he tweeted about it, and it's gone viral! Unfortunately so have I (with a cold) but this is making me feel much better" "A fitting end to perhaps the strangest day of my life. More reflection tomorrow once I've wrapped my head round it all x"
(with a link to a video from 7News Australia about it). |
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If he had the bank card he could've looked up the person's name on social media (if it's unique enough), or even call the bank, a friend forgot his wallet in a store once and got a call from his bank telling him so, and to contact this number of the finder. Cleverly, the bank didn't give out my friend's number to the finder. This was not in the US though, reading about US banks, I'd imagine they're less helpful.