If you found 12 million baht in a box near the trash, would you keep it?

[Jerzy Swirski]

12 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

I would keep it for donating to farangs GOFUNFMEs who find themselves in difficult circumstances in Thailand. 
 

That's a great idea

I could start a GOFUNDME and then donate the 12 million to myself 😀

[CanadaSam]

For those of you saying you wouldn't keep it, consider the circumstances where/how it was found.

 

In a plastic box, near the garbage room!

 

NOBODY misplaces 12 million in that way, unless they are not aware of the funds, possibly forgotten.

 

IMHO it was extremely stupid for the lady to immediately turn it in, because that is what caused the numerous news reports, and then this "lawyer" shows up claiming it.

 

If it never hit the news, I bet you would never have heard about anybody losing this money, or claiming it!

 

Silly lady, had a chance to change her life, and pis*ed it away!

 

BTW obviously, I would have just kept it in my room (if I lived in the condo) and waited for a month or two before starting to spend it. 

 

IF confronted, I would use the exact same excuse the "lawyer" used, which is I thought the plastic box only had old clothes in it LOL!

[fittobethaied]

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. 

SM007, you stole my post. I was going to write the same word for word. When I grew up it was "finders keepers, losers weepers". If there were CCTV cameras nearby, then it would be obvious that the owners could be found, but if not, then nothing wrong with taking the money into your own apartment to safeguard it, and if nobody came forth to claim it, then leave town and have a happy life on a beach in the Med. 

[Grumpy one]

Yes, I would keep it, that is until my wife sniffed it out.

Sadly it would then it would be like a movie. 

Gone in 60 seconds, all you would find is new shoes, and perfume clothes  

[quake]

Here's an old 90s movie about friends finding a bunch of money.

Still worth a watch.

 

https://himovies.sx/watch-movie/shallow-grave-10592.11554864

 

if link does not work cut and paste into browser.

[J Branche]

No.   I would probably take photos and alert the media to hopefully find the rightful owner.

 

Think of it like guy has helper clearing some stuff out and they put out a bin you didn't know they grabbed, you

would want someone to do the right thing.

 

Even the Thais know this guys story is allegedly false.  Someone who supposedly workes with Anti Corruption in some form

has large amount of unexplained wealth.  Allegedly withdraws money from bank in 2020 but No proof from bank.

 

If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, then its probably a duck.

[ChrisKC]

On 6/9/2025 at 6:57 PM, Cameroni said:

 

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 a poor attitude. She found it so her decision. I would listen and hear you and then ignore you!

[Look Chang]

I wouldn't keep it, I would generously share it with a maximum of poor bar girls who sell their pretty buttocks to make a living . . .

[Blueman1]

On 6/9/2025 at 5:05 PM, Liverpool Lou said:

Yes, it would called theft.

<deleted>, Lou It's called " Finders Keepers " Where I Come from in Liverpool 555 ! 555 !

[spidermike007]

2 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

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

That's a good suggestion. I didn't say what I was going to do with it, I just said I wasn't going to turn it into the police, that is a very futile thing to do. 

[newbee2022]

39 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

That's a good suggestion. I didn't say what I was going to do with it, I just said I wasn't going to turn it into the police, that is a very futile thing to do. 

Lame turn🥰🎉😂 but accepted 👍🙏🐰✌️🤓

[zig]

I recall that some years ago there was a similar story in Thailand with someone finding a money bag and keeping it at home. The police found the person within a day or two. The person claimed that he/she was planning to go with the bag to police later when he/she had free time.

He/She was still charged with the theft by police. So much for finders/keepers law in Thailand. 

[Surasak]

3 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

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

I feel sure the orphans would appreciate the gesture...if they ever got to see the generosity of the giver???!!!

[newbee2022]

25 minutes ago, Surasak said:

I feel sure the orphans would appreciate the gesture...if they ever got to see the generosity of the giver???!!!

????😳

[renaissanc]

My wife and I have talked about the case. If I found it, I'd tell the Police for sure or else I might be accused of theft ... BUT I don't trust the Police. In this case, the Police are clearly, in my opinion, doing their best to prove that the money isn't the lawyer's. According to the Law, after one year, without any claim filed, the law allow you to claim it as your own provided you've fully complied with the initial procedures. (ChatGPT explains the law involved.)

[newnative]

Yes, finders keepers.

[Pdavies99]

On 6/9/2025 at 10:44 AM, JBChiangRai said:

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

 

On 6/9/2025 at 10:42 AM, Daves not here said:

Come on now. Tell the truth....

Sorry....keep it!

 

[Crossy]

 

"Yeah guv, I found a decent looking plastic box by the bins and took it home".

"Nah, when I opened it to clean it, it was empty apart from a few spiders".

"12M in cash? Who would leave that by the bins?".

 

 

[madone]

On 6/9/2025 at 5:51 PM, quake said:

Would keep it.

Spend it on cocaine and hookers, all over again. 

 

While I really enjoyed the first go around, maybe not again.

I'd take many extended cycling trips, not quite around the world, but close.

[madone]

1 hour ago, renaissanc said:

According to the Law, after one year, without any claim filed, the law allow you to claim it as your own provided you've fully complied with the initial procedures. (ChatGPT explains the law involved.)

 

You reckon the police use ChatGPT in situations like this?

[BritManToo]

1 hour ago, Crossy said:

 

"Yeah guv, I found a decent looking plastic box by the bins and took it home".

"Nah, when I opened it to clean it, it was empty apart from a few spiders".

"12M in cash? Who would leave that by the bins?".

 

 

I would have taken it home, chucked it in the corner of the car port for a year or two.

If someone came looking, 'it's over there, thought the box would come in handy, appears to be full of old clothes, but haven't really looked"

If nobody came ....... it's mine all mine ............

[Luuk Chaai]

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

Am I the only honest person here!

 

 

everyone saying they would keep it are being totally honest !

I would ..    and I wouldn't even tell my wife

 

[Stocky]

24 minutes ago, Luuk Chaai said:

everyone saying they would keep it are being totally honest !

I would ..    and I wouldn't even tell my wife

 

I guess that's another way of looking at it, thank you for your candour. 

[Liverpool Lou]

8 hours ago, Blueman1 said:

On 6/9/2025 at 5:05 PM, Liverpool Lou said:

Yes, it would called theft.

<deleted>, Lou It's called " Finders Keepers " Where I Come from in Liverpool 555 ! 555 !

aka theft, regardless of what you call it.

[Blueman1]

58 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

aka theft, regardless of what you call it.

YOU Cannot be from Liverpool as YOU Don't seem to have ANY Sense of Humour !!!

[xtrnuno41]

Ah, there is my box with money ! Have been looking for it.

I was already confused if I lost one in the pile of other boxes

This one was number 666, send it back to me.

[Caldera]

Most importantly, I would keep quiet about it.

[Baht Simpson]

On 6/9/2025 at 4:42 PM, Daves not here said:

Come on now. Tell the truth....

Of course not. That would be dishonest. I would return the 6m I found to it's rightful owner. 😏

[Jerzy Swirski]

Sorry I haven't posted for a couple of days but I was arrested for vagrancy.

I was seen wandering up the soi looking in everyone's trash.

 

It could have been much worse though, if Liverpool Lou had arrested me it would have been attempted theft 😀