Just Too Clever
Published: April 11, 2006
GERMANY, April 10 - A German woman who found a wallet containing €1000 outsmarted herself.
"It was a bit stupid. She could have just kept the wallet," said a spokeswoman for police in Darmstadt.
"But she wanted the finder's reward - and might have got one anyway. But she opted to extort it instead."
The 47-year old found the owner's phone number in the wallet and told the pensioner she could only have it back for €100 "plus €20 travel costs".
The owner agreed to the terms, and tipped off police, who arrested the woman with the wallet at the handover point.
GERMANY, April 10 - A German woman who found a wallet containing €1000 outsmarted herself.
"It was a bit stupid. She could have just kept the wallet," said a spokeswoman for police in Darmstadt.
"But she wanted the finder's reward - and might have got one anyway. But she opted to extort it instead."
The 47-year old found the owner's phone number in the wallet and told the pensioner she could only have it back for €100 "plus €20 travel costs".
The owner agreed to the terms, and tipped off police, who arrested the woman with the wallet at the handover point.
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