Man Accused of Stealing Money After Returning Lost Wallet to ‘Rightful Owner’: ‘It Felt Like Such a Slap in the Face

A man is upset about the response he received after being a good Samaritan.

In a post on Reddit’s “Mildly Infuriating” forum, the man wrote that he recently found a misplaced wallet and was able to return it to its “rightful owner” with everything, including $200 cash, intact, but “they yelled at me and insisted that there was more money inside it and accused me of stealing it.”

Further detailing that there “were also bank cards, a driver’s license and a business card” inside the wallet, “which was how I was able to find him,” the man continued, “It felt like such a slap in the face to be called a thief after going out of my way to return his wallet.”

“I asked him why I would return the rest of it if I stole some of it, but he wouldn’t listen, so I walked away,” the man added of his interaction with the wallet’s owner.

In the comments section of the Reddit post, many other users were just as outraged at the situation.

“If I wanted to steal your money, I wouldn’t return your wallet,” someone empathized, to which the original writer responded, “Right? I’m baffled by his logic.”

“It was a ploy so that you wouldn’t feel obliged to a reward of some kind. He didn’t want to give you any of his money and didn’t want you to ask, so he made the situation awkward so he could walk away. A person like that wouldn’t have walked away from you if they really thought you’d stolen the mone,” they theorized.

“Could be, and I wasn’t even expecting anything in return. I was just trying to do the right thing,” the original poster responded.