If You Found An Untraceable Bag Of Money, Would You Keep It, Or Turn It In?

I suppose Do unto others as you would have done unto you applies here (boy this applies to lots of things doesn't it)
Life can be so much easier without these little dilemmas.. So a moral compass that always points true north is handy.  Just do what You know is right.. And no dilemma.  not easy..  sometimes it helps to break things into it's simplest form.. If one takes what does not belong to them.. What is that called.. STEALING.. If one steals what does that make one.. A thief.. So the real question is.. Are you a thief.. Do you want to be.. And is that the lesson you want to teach by example..
 
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.
 
What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want.
- Mignon McLaughlin
 

I would turn it in to the local police station and get a found property receipt. Depending on what state and the guidelines of the police department a person who loses personal property has ninety days to claim it, and if no one claims it in ninety days that the property becomes the property of the finder. Hopefully the money was not part of a bank robbery or money that is traced in an investigation because that would be the only reason you would not be able to keep it.

I'd turn it in for sure because I don't want to be like Mr. Potter in "It's a Wonderful Life" although he knew where the money came from which makes it even worse!

I really would turn it in, it is not my money and turning it in is just
the right thing to do.  I once found a fifty dollar bill on the
ground near my apartment, asked around and found out it belonged to an
elderly neighbor.

I would probably turn it in. If it didn't belong to me it obviously belonged to someone else. I also believe God will bless you for doing the right thing!=)

I am in the same boat. In the past I have returned extra money that has been given me by retail clerks, and bank tellers, but I don't know, if it was untraceable, I might keep it, because I could sure use it.

Turn it in if it is meant to be mine it will come back to me after the appropriate amount of time . Besides someone else lost it and they either need it or are responsible for it.

You found my bag of money!? Please send me an email and I'll give you my mailing address. I've been missing that money for a while now. Thank god you found it!