Come on now. Tell the truth....

No, I’d give it to the fairy at the bottom of my garden.

If you kept the money would it be a crime in Thailand?  Why did the women turn the money in,  Thais seem too honest perhaps?

There would be many cash transactions in my future. 

4 minutes ago, Daves not here said:

If you kept the money would it be a crime in Thailand? 

Yes, it would called theft.

Hell yea ... and wouldn't tell a soul ... 

 

If I could figure out a way to steal 12M baht and not get caught ... 💰 

Yes. Absolutely. My presumption would be that by turning it over to the police the last possibility in the world would be that it would find its way back to the it's rightful owner. However I'd be incredibly discreet about it, and not a soul would know about it, and the city that I found it in I would leave in the rear view immediately. 

 

Finders, keepers. 

No I would not keep it.

It would be stupid to keep it.

I would spend it.

I would keep half and then report to the police that I have found a box containing ...erm....a lot of money!

This would be in the knowledge that if nobody came forward to claim it, it would be shared between you know who. I've just made sure of my cut. 😉

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35 minutes ago, Daves not here said:

If you kept the money would it be a crime in Thailand?  Why did the women turn the money in,  Thais seem too honest perhaps?

Was that you I saw this morning going through our condo trash? 

 

Finders keepers 

 

45 minutes ago, Daves not here said:

If you kept the money would it be a crime in Thailand?  Why did the women turn the money in,  Thais seem too honest perhaps?

 

She was likely scared <deleted>less, could simply not imagine how to hide the cash. That kind of money means it belonged to someone wealthy, criminal, or both.

Most foreigners could conceal the money and even use it without an unexplained improvement in lifestyle.

The woman who found it probably lacks the basic privacy to even store or hide it long-term.  

 

I would certainly carefully consider my options if the area were covered by cameras or if someone saw me leaving with the box. 

The barcoded bricks are also problematic, it would take some doing to convert into clean cash.   

Am I the only honest person here!

 

 

3 minutes ago, Stocky said:

Am I the only honest person here!

 

 

Why? What have you done?

are you one of the pointy women?

Would keep it.

Spend it on cocaine and hookers, all over again. 

Depends, was it in a nice box or not?

Almost certainly dirty money so no problem with keeping it

1 hour ago, Daves not here said:

Thais seem too honest perhaps?

 

They are. This is a true story. I was eating with my girl in a major shopping mall when she spotted, with her myopic eyes, she wears contacts but somehow was still able to spot this wad of cash. Someone had dropped 6000 baht in cash under the chairs. 

 

She picked it up and straight away wanted to hand it in. I told her not to. But she would not listen. She got a kick out of being honest. When I protested she could have used the money, she said no there are cameras here, police would get me.

 

It caused a bit of an argument, I was actually mad at her for being so stupid honest.

11 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

It caused a bit of an argument, I was actually mad at her for being so stupid honest.

 If it was your money that had been lost and then found what would you have wished the finder to do?

32 minutes ago, DezLez said:

 If it was your money that had been lost and then found what would you have wished the finder to do?

 

Sure, but the legal position is finder's keepers where I come from. But that's what she said as well. And in the end I was kind of proud of her for being an honest person.

 

Took me a while though. I guess I was also annoyed she did not listen to me, but took an executive decision. Not a fan of that in a relationship.

What box. I didn’t see any box full of money. 

 

18 hours ago, Daves not here said:

Thais seem too honest perhaps?

Some Thais yes, some Thais no. 

Same as many other countries surely. 

If I knew who claims it now I would have kept it.

Who is so corrupt to keep 12 million Baht in cash at home and forget it?

19 hours ago, Daves not here said:

Thais seem too honest perhaps?

I don't think so. They know that keeping it is illegal, security cameras are everywhere, and turning it in will score them a few points towards making merit. 

On 6/9/2025 at 5:43 PM, Stocky said:

Am I the only honest person here!

 

 

No

But you are probably the only liar here 😀

3 minutes ago, Jerzy Swirski said:

No

But you are probably the only liar here 😀

I strongly reject that insinuation. If I found how ever much money that wasn't mine I couldn't keep it with a clear conscience. I was surprised to see so many comments suggesting they'd keep the money; though I hope in reality that wouldn't be so.

On 6/9/2025 at 5:10 PM, spidermike007 said:

Yes. Absolutely. My presumption would be that by turning it over to the police the last possibility in the world would be that it would find its way back to the it's rightful owner. However I'd be incredibly discreet about it, and not a soul would know about it, and the city that I found it in I would leave in the rear view immediately. 

 

Finders, keepers. 

Better to give it to an orphanage.

You lived here already a long time without financial problems.

Give something back in this country to those who are in need and looking for help

The way it is bundled and bar coded looks like a transfer from a central bank branch to a consumer branch and was somehow "intercepted".  I'd see what you could find out from the label. 

I would keep it, but not spend it for a while. For the next few months, I'd keep an eye out for any news of someone losing their cash. If I saw a story of an person losing their cash and I'd be sure it's a match, I would be honest and return the money to the rightful owner. This way, I'd be sure that if the real owner is never found, the money is not kept by someone else. 

I would keep it for donating to farangs GOFUNFMEs who find themselves in difficult circumstances in Thailand. 
It isn’t fair that Thais get burdened with our problems, they have enough of their own.