You find a suitcase with £1 million in it. What would you do
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mrmr96 said:
Muzzer79 said:
robinessex said:
Ok, fun question! You find a suitcase with a million quid in it. No possible way anyone could know you've got it. What would you do? And before you ask, no I bloody well haven't found one!
Herein lies the key.All those worrying about the mob or generally looking over your shoulder - there's no way anyone could know you have it?!
Ergo, hide it somewhere (safety deposit box, etc) and cream off relatively small amounts regularly that will not arouse suspicion.
It's the long game, but you'd have to give it a go.
The OP did not mention 'initially' He just said there's no way anyone could know you have it.
Murders have evidence - the body itself being the main one when it's found; usually hidden fairly crudely as you can't inconspicuously hide a body.
A simple suitcase is different and can be hidden far, far more easily.
No-one knows I have it means no-one sees me taking it means I am totally unconnected to it. I can hide it very easily by switching into another anonymous suitcase, without drawing attention to what it actually is.
Separate it into wads of £100,000 so it wasn't in one place all together, and store each of these wads in different, secure and obscure places that only I could ever know about. Would never tell a soul of it's existence apart from very close family.
Spend bits and bobs of it here and there for the rest of my life: 7 or 8 of my favourite cars, isolated house in lake district with big driveway and garage, and good times with missus and kids mostly.
Spend bits and bobs of it here and there for the rest of my life: 7 or 8 of my favourite cars, isolated house in lake district with big driveway and garage, and good times with missus and kids mostly.
Edited by Biggy Shackleton on Thursday 31st October 16:53
Edited by Biggy Shackleton on Thursday 31st October 16:54
Isnt there a law that exists that says if no one comes forward to claim it then if you found it then you are entitled to keep it?
If the money was stolen from a bank then obviously they would come forward but if it was money amassed by say a drug dealer and had been ditched for whatever reason then he is hardly going to come forward and ask for it back.
Its a long shot but it might be worth handing it in and if it becomes finders keepers the money would be clean and you could do what you want with it.
Just a thought,but probably not a valid option.
If the money was stolen from a bank then obviously they would come forward but if it was money amassed by say a drug dealer and had been ditched for whatever reason then he is hardly going to come forward and ask for it back.
Its a long shot but it might be worth handing it in and if it becomes finders keepers the money would be clean and you could do what you want with it.
Just a thought,but probably not a valid option.
BJG1 said:
You can drop a lot of cash on things abroad, I reckon, so I'd be doing that. Restaurants, bars, clubs etc are all places you could have a lot of fun spending cash and nobody would notice, plus I'd be paying for all the small things in cash too. Spend the salary on flights, the cash on everything whilst I'm away.
you are only allowed to take £10k in cash through an airport, they have sniffer dogs as well that are trained to sniff muchos cash. It's surprisingly difficult to get it across borders unless you go for a big hit. You would still just be wasting it.Nedzilla said:
Isnt there a law that exists that says if no one comes forward to claim it then if you found it then you are entitled to keep it?
If the money was stolen from a bank then obviously they would come forward but if it was money amassed by say a drug dealer and had been ditched for whatever reason then he is hardly going to come forward and ask for it back.
Its a long shot but it might be worth handing it in and if it becomes finders keepers the money would be clean and you could do what you want with it.
Just a thought,but probably not a valid option.
this may well be a winner, you'd hand in your £850k If the money was stolen from a bank then obviously they would come forward but if it was money amassed by say a drug dealer and had been ditched for whatever reason then he is hardly going to come forward and ask for it back.
Its a long shot but it might be worth handing it in and if it becomes finders keepers the money would be clean and you could do what you want with it.
Just a thought,but probably not a valid option.
and if the (up until this point, useless) rest comes back to you, all the better.If this worked though, why don't criminals do it.... "hello officer, i've just found this money, let me know if anyone claims it....." bingo, legit money!!!
Greg_D said:
Nedzilla said:
Isnt there a law that exists that says if no one comes forward to claim it then if you found it then you are entitled to keep it?
If the money was stolen from a bank then obviously they would come forward but if it was money amassed by say a drug dealer and had been ditched for whatever reason then he is hardly going to come forward and ask for it back.
Its a long shot but it might be worth handing it in and if it becomes finders keepers the money would be clean and you could do what you want with it.
Just a thought,but probably not a valid option.
this may well be a winner, you'd hand in your £850k If the money was stolen from a bank then obviously they would come forward but if it was money amassed by say a drug dealer and had been ditched for whatever reason then he is hardly going to come forward and ask for it back.
Its a long shot but it might be worth handing it in and if it becomes finders keepers the money would be clean and you could do what you want with it.
Just a thought,but probably not a valid option.
and if the (up until this point, useless) rest comes back to you, all the better.If this worked though, why don't criminals do it.... "hello officer, i've just found this money, let me know if anyone claims it....." bingo, legit money!!!
If no one can legally claim it is theirs within 28 days of you finding it you are entitled to keep it.
Could you set up a 'we buy your gold' stand in town (there is a small trailer/burger van thing in our town center)
offer a good price, you distribute all the cash quite quickly, in return you get a load of gold, sit on it and sell a bit of gold off as and when the price is good.
if you sell at the right times then you could even be better off than when you started!
(would that work??)
offer a good price, you distribute all the cash quite quickly, in return you get a load of gold, sit on it and sell a bit of gold off as and when the price is good.
if you sell at the right times then you could even be better off than when you started!
(would that work??)
callmedave said:
Could you set up a 'we buy your gold' stand in town (there is a small trailer/burger van thing in our town center)
offer a good price, you distribute all the cash quite quickly, in return you get a load of gold, sit on it and sell a bit of gold off as and when the price is good.
if you sell at the right times then you could even be better off than when you started!
(would that work??)
Do you expect to file accounts for this gold buying company?offer a good price, you distribute all the cash quite quickly, in return you get a load of gold, sit on it and sell a bit of gold off as and when the price is good.
if you sell at the right times then you could even be better off than when you started!
(would that work??)
Do you expect to be asked where you got the money to invest in the gold from?
mrmr96 said:
callmedave said:
Could you set up a 'we buy your gold' stand in town (there is a small trailer/burger van thing in our town center)
offer a good price, you distribute all the cash quite quickly, in return you get a load of gold, sit on it and sell a bit of gold off as and when the price is good.
if you sell at the right times then you could even be better off than when you started!
(would that work??)
Do you expect to file accounts for this gold buying company?offer a good price, you distribute all the cash quite quickly, in return you get a load of gold, sit on it and sell a bit of gold off as and when the price is good.
if you sell at the right times then you could even be better off than when you started!
(would that work??)
Do you expect to be asked where you got the money to invest in the gold from?
The criminal fraternity would know that you have EITHER gold or money on your person
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