Would You Take a Large Sum of Money if You Could Get Away With It?

Yes I would keep it. No doubt about it! lol Not long ago in our local newspaper, this guy bought this house, and after a few years of owning it he was doing some work in the crawl space in the attic. He found thousands and thousands of dollars and turned it in to the police because he had heard that a person was killed in the home prior to him buying it and he thought perhaps the killer would come looking for it. lol ??? Anyway, the old owner got wind of this, and they are now fighting in court to see who should get the money. Well had the new owner just went about his business and kept it quiet, there would be no court case to decide this. I really thought this guy must be some kind of wonderful to try and be such a "good citizen" and turn it in, then end up feeling like he had some rights to the money. lol Bay xx

I have thought of this a lot of times in the past, and I always stuggle with my conscience because it automatically says not to. But practically speaking, I think I would. Because just like you said, you did not steal the money or anything, it just happened to fall into your hands. But the next thing that comes to my mind is, what if I was the one who lost that large amount of money? It would be just fine if I'm a millionare or something, but if I need that money for emergency purposes, I'd definitely be depressed! So things like these come to mind too, and a lot of what ifs...

Ok, I hold my hands up here, you want honesty? Truthfulness you've got it, I would take it! Sorry but I would, I know that sounds bad and selfish, but I believe that if you don't help yourself someone else will and they won't have any bones about it. I have learnt the hard way in this cruel world you have to grab everything with both hands and if you get away with it then good luck! Yep deffo I'd keep it without a second thought.

I don't think I would keep it. Even if I could use the money, it would eat into my conscience that it doesn't belong to me. I've given it some thought and don't think I'll keep the money.

Even if you have not stolen the money and it just "happened to fall into your hand", it doesn't mean that its yours. Period. Who knows if the real owner have some other use for it like he's withdrawing it to pay for ransom for his kidnapped child? You won't know it, and you would be responsible for the consequence because of this. Unlike most of the people here, I would not keep it, especially, if you are a believer in karma...

To be honest it depends on the situation and the circumstances i am into! If i have no other option and desperately need some money, i would definately take the money! i mean lets be frank, its not that we get hold of a large amount of money every day! moreover it is very much possible that i may be in dire need under that particular situation.....so i guess its gods wish to help me in my time of need.....however if i have no financial issues i would definately try and help others....specially the poor and needy with the money!!!

:D lol . duh .. ofcourse . i would take it . n im sure .. almost evryone .. would take the money .. who wouldnt want to have possesion of huge sum of money which .. just landed in ya lap. :D ... its a materialistic world nw :D .. well ... im surprise ya after giving alot of thought . :D .. i wouldnt take all that time :D :D :D

Honestly I would be one of those that would want to keep it I may do the right thing but I cant swear that I would because Im human and I know I could make use of the money.A few weeks ago a lady here where I live found a money bag that fell out of a loomis fargo truck 60 grand she turned it in and was on the job, she didnt get a reward becasue their company forbid rewards. I was like what she turned it over to them, another guy in WV found 10 grand in the snow a money bag from a pizza place he got pizza for life as a reward.

That depends. I work at my second job at an office building where you see a lot of drawers and stuff opened. Sometimes I see loose change and such lying around. Once I even dropped some money, and though I wasn't sure of it, I left it there. That money stayed on the person's desk for a bit. But I wouldn't pick it up for nothing in the world because I know folks will do stuff like leave out money, important stuff, and I'd clean right around it and leave it. I don't want them to think that I will go their things just to have something. I want them to feel that they can trust me. Now if I see a bunch of money somewhere where I KNOW someone just cannot claim it if asked, then that's another ballgame. At my main job, I deal with hospital linen, and it's been known for large amounts of money to be found. shoot, once I found $2, and that day I really needed it; the girl I worked with found $20; then another lady found $200; someone else found $5000, and told everyone and got fired. So it depends.

hmmm.. no contest, i'd do the same. if the money just came out of nowhere, and theres no means for me to return the money, then i consider it mine. theres no point in looking or waiting for someone to claim it when theres nothing to identify them. and that would really make me happy. a lotta money with no worries! c",)

You and I think alike..LOL...Oh you bet...If I came across a nice big wad of money, and there was no way to trace it back to me that I took it..why sure I'd keep it...Just once, just ONCE when I went to use an ATM machine I sure wish it would make a mistake and give me more money for instance--I mean as long it is on the record that say I had only taken out say $20,..but the machine maybe spewed out a few hundred..whose to say or trace the error??...LOL

I would keep it, as long as it wasn't stolen. My family would benefit greatly from having a large sum of money given to it.

It is hard to answer .but it is actually my dream.I really want to use it but will never.you may think I am hypocritical but that is ture.If the owner of the lost poverty is in dire need of the money ,what he should do.he maybe handwringing.

I will keep the money without batting an eyelash.It is not only me who could benefit from it.

Ok im sure that if i came across a large sum of money that at this point in my life yeah i would keep it. Ok let me explain first so you dont think im a bad person right no im in so much debt that i can't afford much i can't even pay all my bills with my paycheck so therefore im behind on a lot of payments sooo yes if i were to happen upon some money i would keep it

I am law-abiding but I will say that if i found a bag of of money or alot of money, Ummm YES I would keep it but I would not spend any of it til I knew for sure that the police were not looking for it or something like that. I think now and days with the way the world is and the cost of living just about anyone would keep it and if they said that they wouldn't then they would be lying to a point. I am keeping it and then will try to get things caught up and pay some stuff and try to get out of a hole with it. Hugs!

A tricky decision to make here. While I couldn't condone stealing money, if a good sized wad was lying at my feet I would have to pick it up. Money is very tight at the moment and every penny is having to stretch a lot further these days, money found and unclaimed would go a long way to easing the difficulties.

I couldn't do it...it would make me nuts and keep me awake. I'd be farther ahead to just return it and be done with it. It wouldn't be that I'd worry about getting caught as much as it would bother me wondering if someone else needed it and couldn't find it. **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~

I would keep it unless after I got it I heard who had lost it and they needed it more than me. I think Karma would bite me in the butt if I kept it and someone lost it that needed it more than me. If it was a large sum I would probably feel inclined to donate a lot of it to animal rescue causes.

Yes i want to do this give me money