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Re: I just lost my wallet on the way home from work

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Post by technofiend »

journalctl wrote: post #12

This is neat! I once found someone’s debit card on the street (in the US). It had a small face shot on it, so I found them on Facebook and sent them a message. Of course, Facebook had already started doing the “messages from non-friends are really hard to find lol” UI dark pattern, so like two years later the woman responds thanking me, but also saying she just canceled the card. Which is what I would’ve done, but I…

Nine hundred miles from home I spotted a driver's license in the snow from a chairlift on Snowmass Mountain. It was still there when I skiied back down. Imagine my surprise when it was for a neighbor who lived two blocks from me! It was only surpassed by my neighbor's surprise when I knocked on her door and handed her her son's driver's license.

Re: I just lost my wallet on the way home from work

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Post by Skye »

Reason077 wrote: post #185
Skye wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In the UK the details needed to transfer money into an account are on most bank cards (Account Number and Sort Code), so that's enough identifying info. That would also mean someone can send you money if your card is blocked or cancelled. Account number and sort code don't change when you get a new card. Also, "Faster Payments" is the name of the normal system to transfer money between accounts in the UK. It doesn't…

I'm curious about this. I've always banked with NatWest so I'm only really familiar with their cards, but my bank account number is definitely not printed on the card (the sort code is). Do some other UK banks really print the account numbers on their cards? Or is there some way to send a Faster payment to a debit card number?

In my case, I have two card from one bank has sort code and account number. I also have one card from a different bank has none of that.

Re: I just lost my wallet on the way home from work

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Post by [deleted] »

epx wrote: post #122
SI_Rob wrote: post #51

Every so often my pessimistic tendencies get a healthy slap across the face by the actions of someone who took the high road when they easily could have chosen otherwise. It's a couple summers ago, at the height of the summer tourist season and I'm cycling up 4th ave SW in DC. Somewhere between the NASA HQ and the National Mall my camera bag - packed full with a fairly new DSLR, a few lenses, and a secondary cell pho…

Sometimes it happens, and sometimes not. I lost my wallet 4 times in total, 3 in Brazil (which is $HOME), 1 in Germany. Got it back 3 out of 4 times. Guess where.

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Re: I just lost my wallet on the way home from work

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Post by midvar »

Am i reading too much into this?

The twitter user just so happens to works for a company that uses the technology the "good Samaritan" used. I just glanced at who the guy was, and found it funny that he works in the industry. Who knows, maybe that's why he found it so awesome.

"In April 2018, TransferWise joined Faster Payments as the first non-bank payment service provider to be a directly connected settling participant,[23] after being the first of its kind to gain access to Bank of England's Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system.[24]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster_Payments_Service

"Money transfer firm TransferWise has become the first non-bank company with direct access to Britain’s Faster Payments Scheme, which the start-up said on Wednesday would help it compete with banks on sending money overseas."

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-transferwise-britain/start...

Re: I just lost my wallet on the way home from work

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Post by astura »

JenBarb wrote: post #103

A few weeks ago I found a working iPhone X on the side on the sidewalk. I thought about using siri to call a recent contact and try to get it back to the owner, but I found the language was set to Chinese (which I cannot read or speak) and I gave up and put it back on the sidewalk in case the owner came back. In retrospect, I don't think I could have done anything even if the language was English apart from wait for…

Drop it off at the local police station.

Re: I just lost my wallet on the way home from work

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Post by 55555 »

epx wrote: post #122
SI_Rob wrote: post #51

Every so often my pessimistic tendencies get a healthy slap across the face by the actions of someone who took the high road when they easily could have chosen otherwise. It's a couple summers ago, at the height of the summer tourist season and I'm cycling up 4th ave SW in DC. Somewhere between the NASA HQ and the National Mall my camera bag - packed full with a fairly new DSLR, a few lenses, and a secondary cell pho…

Sometimes it happens, and sometimes not. I lost my wallet 4 times in total, 3 in Brazil (which is $HOME), 1 in Germany. Got it back 3 out of 4 times. Guess where.

I do not know the answer to this riddle.

Re: I just lost my wallet on the way home from work

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Post by incompatible »

floatrock wrote: post #52

I hate it when my cynicism alarm goes off, but this feel-good tweet about hacking payment transfers for good is written by a guy who's twitter bio says he's a PM at Transferwise ("We’re building the best way to move money around the world.") All the replies are people contrasting shitty experiences they've had with their own wallets and money transfer services. His top pinned tweet is: > Reasons to work at @TransferW…

Hacking payment transfers to send messages can be used for "good or evil". I recently read about somebody using it to harass an ex-partner.

Re: I just lost my wallet on the way home from work

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Post by wruza »

Beware of lost wallet frauds.

At some countries they drop a wallet on the road, wait for you to find it and then appear and claim that few hundred bucks (or a local equivalent) are missing. First they try to threat you, and then resort to the police. Your fingerprints are on the wallet.

If you want to help, make sure you have a stranger witness at least, who is willing to help, or better look for a policeman nearby.

Re: I just lost my wallet on the way home from work

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Post by EpicEng »

wruza wrote: post #239

Beware of lost wallet frauds . At some countries they drop a wallet on the road, wait for you to find it and then appear and claim that few hundred bucks (or a local equivalent) are missing. First they try to threat you, and then resort to the police. Your fingerprints are on the wallet. If you want to help, make sure you have a stranger witness at least, who is willing to help, or better look for a policeman nearby.

>First they try to threat you, and then resort to the police

How could they pull this off? It's 100% he said, she said. What court is going to see such a case through and find in favor of the fraudster?

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