Good samaritan returns man’s lost wallet using ingenious tactic on online banking
‘Great to know there are still fabulous people out there who actually care’
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Your support makes all the difference.A man who lost his wallet was astounded when a good samaritan returned it by contacting him via his online banking.
Tim Cameron, a product manager at Transfer Wise, tweeted that he lost his wallet on his way home from work, adding that there was nothing in it that could be used to contact him.
Nevertheless, a passerby called Simon, who picked up the wallet, found Mr Cameron’s bank card inside and cleverly thought to contact him via his online banking account.
The good samaritan made four 1p transactions to Mr Cameron’s account, using the space for a reference number to write messages.
The messages read: “Hi, I found your wallet in the road. Text or call!” in addition to Simon's phone number.
Mr Cameron shared his story on Twitter, where it has since gone viral with more than 120,000 likes and more than 20,000 retweets.
“This took creativity. Love seeing these acts of kindness. Thanks for sharing,” one person tweeted in response.
“Great to know there are still fabulous people out there who actually care. Bravo,” another remarked.
In a second tweet, Mr Cameron revealed he had not yet paid Simon back the 4p that he transferred, but bought him a bottle of red wine as a thank you.
Numerous people commented underneath Mr Cameron’s tweet sharing their own stories of occasions when lost property was returned to them by kind strangers.
“My son lost his wallet in central London and feared the worst. However, someone popped it in a postbox and Royal Mail found his address on his driving license and sent it to us,” one person wrote.
“Nothing was missing, there are more good people about than we think.”
“My daughter lost her bag with [her] purse in while on holiday in Portugal,” someone else tweeted.
“Someone found her through Facebook, messaged her and posted it back to the UK.
“We told him to use the money in the purse to post it, when it arrived it was all still in there.”
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