Thief and Money: Smooth criminal

Smooth criminal

By omgfmlhard - 11/05/2009 23:14 - United States

Today, I walked into Best Buy to buy a 42" widescreen TV I'd been saving up for many months. As I walked in, a man stopped me and handed me my wallet that I'd accidentally dropped. I thanked him. Five minutes later at the checkout, I opened up my wallet to realize it was empty. He had stolen everything. FML

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You deserved it 12 068

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By whyymee - 05/03/2010 07:50 - United States

Today, I helped a "blind" man across the street. He kindly said thank you and patted me on the back. Then, I went into a store and realized my wallet was missing. FML

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You deserved it 3 344

By Recon - 17/03/2009 12:16 - Switzerland

Today, I had gone to the store and bought a new wallet. 5 minutes later a security guard asks for my receipt. Turns out I had dropped my receipt. Some guy had picked it up and pretended I had stole his wallet. The guard confiscated my wallet because the guy had "his" receipt to prove it. FML

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You deserved it 8 421

Minus one Karma

By Frasier - 10/08/2024 16:00 - United States - Portland

Today, I lost my wallet while out shopping. Panicked, I retraced my steps and found it at a store, turned in by an employee. Grateful, I opened it to find a note that read, "We left the money but took one dollar for karma." I checked. They did actually take one dollar. FML

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You deserved it 566

Help!

By clip_kate - 01/07/2016 02:36

Today, I went to the store, but after I'd selected my items, I saw that I'd forgotten my wallet. When I tried to explain to the cashier, he thought that I was trying to steal and called the cops. My roommate had to come to the store to save me. FML

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You deserved it 1 403

By life_suxxx - 06/12/2009 07:43 - United States

Today, I went to the store to buy some groceries. Several hours later I realize that I can't find my wallet. After looking all over my house and then the store parking lot, I had my credit cards cancelled. On the drive home, I feel something under me. It was my wallet. FML

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You deserved it 33 563

The cat's out of the bag

By Anonymous - 26/03/2024 14:00 - United States - Milwaukee

Today, I was shopping with my husband. At the self-checkout, one of the items I was buying for him as a gift didn’t register. As we were walking out, I get stopped and escorted to the loss prevention office, where I was accused of stealing. FML

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You deserved it 368

By whaaaaat111 - 09/03/2013 12:04 - United States - Vienna

Today, while at the mall, a lady dropped her credit card while in line to buy something. I came over, picked it up and gave it to her just for her to shove it in my hand and scream, "She's stealing my wallet! My wallet!" The police came. FML

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You deserved it 2 765

Stars of CCTV

By lobotomized - 13/07/2009 03:15 - United States

Today, a couple came into the gas station where I work to ask for directions. While I was giving the woman directions (and even writing them down to be as helpful as possible), the man stole my wallet out of my purse that was sitting on the other end of the counter behind a display. FML

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You deserved it 7 749

By Anonymous - 16/05/2013 04:39 - United States - Cleveland

Today, at the supermarket, a man collapsed. I gave CPR while the cashier called for help. During this, the other patrons were complaining that no other register was open. Once the ambulance arrived, I returned to my cart to find items removed and 40 dollars taken from my purse. FML

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You deserved it 4 062

Smooth criminal

By Anonymous - 28/04/2012 01:55 - United States - Darien

Today, I was walking down the street, when a little old lady bumped into me and fell over. I helped her up and she thanked me for being "such a nice young man". It was only an hour later as I was in line at the store that I realized she'd pickpocketed my wallet. FML

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You deserved it 2 578

jakkal 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 9:47

So after losing your wallet you waited until you were at the cashier to check if all your cash was still there??

vxjazz 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 9:43

Uh... do you mean you were carrying all that money in cash? If it was a card then it wouldn't matter, he couldn't use it...

Comments

I_Go_Commando 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 10:06

ID his ass freeze your account call the cops

AntiChrist7 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 10:10

you went to buy a 42" TV in cash? yeah credit cards are so heavy. YDI

thisishilarious 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 10:12

why carry it in cash, thats just dumb... debit card son

VegasMade702 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 10:14

LOL!! I bet that fool is feeling pretty good right now....he totally came up. But hey, at least he gave you your wallet back :) hahahaha....

neverland_fml 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 10:14

That is not even fair. ;___; #12, this person may be a student, like I am and tends to save cash to feel accomplished or reach a goal without spending it on accident. Or maybe he just doesn't enjoy credit cards, like I do. All in all, it's awful that he had his cash stolen and then the person had to be sneaky and give the wallet back as a big slap in the face.

chaching812 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 10:20

so the same person that gave you your wallet was the same person that stole your wallet? not buyin' it....not to mention it doesn't make sense that someone handed you your wallet "as you walked in" and you didn't think it was suspicious. i'm guessing this isn't the exact/whole story.

Luckster 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 10:21

YDI for not being more secure with your valuables.

pogostick_fml 2

Tuesday 12 May 2009 10:25

The OP never said he had a bunch of cash in his wallet. He said the guy stole EVERYTHING. Freeze all your accounts before he can use any of your credit/debit cards.

lawless2L 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 10:26

A lot of cards have limits on how much you can charge a day so I get carrying the cash if it was a lot of cash that they were carrying (he/she didn't specify). OP: That sucks. Hopefully the store has video cameras at least to try and id the guy.

FXCKMYLIFE 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 10:30

ok, first off to #1, if he had credit cards, the guy can use them... it's called fraud.......... you need to learn a bit. and to this FML, you're ******* retarded why did you not check your wallet as soon as he handed it to you.