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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

AJComix 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 14:45

Why the hell does everyone keep commenting "YDI LOL CASH"? There is NO MENTION of cash ANYWHERE, morons.

jibtastic69 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 14:46

Dude I work at Best Buy. We have SEVERAL cameras everywhere. Remember about what time it happened and what date and go to Lost Pervention. (the person in front of store who greets you with the yellow shirt) and tell them what happened. They should direct you to someone who can help you find the person who took your stuff. Good Luck

whomajigi 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 15:10

Were you carrying CASH? Because if you were, you need to learn to deposit your money safely. If it was a card, no big deal, just call up and cancel the card and alert them to the problem. #41-Because unless it was cash he was carrying, losing it all isn't a big deal, just a major hassle.

BussellRishop 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 15:11

YDI, how the feck did you manage to drop your wallet? Mine stays firmly in my pocket, and I have all cash on my card except a little. Moron, YDI.

DaemonDoC 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 15:27

YDI for having so much money in cash

genius_man16 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 15:43

Couldn't you just check the security cameras and stuff? Assuming you lost your wallet in the store anyway.

tiedyejedi 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 15:52

People are assuming it's cash because although stolen cards are a hassle, you won't actually lose any money and still can buy the TV. Especially if you put the cash on debit, in which case you can just go home and get your checkbook if you don't have it with you.

NorfolkDude 2

Tuesday 12 May 2009 15:54

I did that once during college when I saved up for a Macbook. I saved up like 1200 in cash, went into CompUSA and bought one. I can't imagine the feeling of losing large amount of cash, especially if you saved for it. If it's cards, it would still be very harsh simply because you're all excitied about getting your TV, then now you have to spend a day calling up cards, and gettin new ones (which would take a few weeks to get back).

loyalwolf06 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 15:55

Like someone said before, if it's a debit card he lost it isn't just a "big hassle" cuz it'll come right out of his account and most banks don't replace that. You might say he'd need a pin number but there are plenty of places where you can use a debit card like a credit card and thus not need a pin number, but the money will still come right out of your account. So basically, this just plain sucks for this person.

soaperguy29 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 15:59

Dude, yesterday I found some guys wallet in the parking lot of a best buy. He had ton of money, so I took it all. Then I gave the idiot his wallet back and he didn't even check! And today I used it to buy a new 42" TV!