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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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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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

munnzx 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 16:22

HAHA. come to think of it. at least he was being HALF honest. :P

Curtieeeez 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 16:57

Oh dear. Nothing like rubbing salt in the wounds, eh? [':

timmyteo 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 17:02

Don't carry a debit card or large amounts of cash, period. Debit cards are as bad as cash- they can be treated like credit cards, no PIN required, and the money is gone until investigated/proven missing. Either use a credit card, apply for a store card, or pre-write a check (unsigned) for large purchases.

I2OI3 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 17:07

WHO CARRIES THAT MUCH IN CASH ANYMORE?? DRUG DEALERS AND STRIPPERS THAT'S WHO!

rukusrazor 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 17:15

Did anyone mention that you shouldn't carry that much cash yet?

timmyteo 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 17:19

And to all the "he didn't say cash" comments- he had to save up the money, which means he either had cash or a debit card. In either case, the money's gone, though it's at least got a slim chance of being recovered with the debit card.

Zoa_fml 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 17:21

Well you can cancel your bank/credit card and just order a new one, no big deal! If you were carrying the amount you needed to buy a 42" in cash then YDI!

thingspoo 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 17:59

Who cares if this is a student carrying cash to feel accomplished? That right there is a foolish issue of pride and has no bearing on the actual accomplishment of saving money. Use a credit or debit card. If it's credit, pay the bill right away. It's EXACTLY like buying it with cash, except without the danger of this kind of stuff happening, ever.

byebyebaby 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 18:08

seriously ever heard of a debit card, prevents that kind of stuff from happening...and u don't need good credit to get a checking account

Emilybeanz 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 18:33

My mum went into PC World with enough money in cash to buy 4 laptops. It was a Sunday, she couldn't have put the money in the bank if she wanted to. I think that the YDI for carrying cash are wrong.