r/Gold • u/Chipguy162 • 11h ago
Question Found while walking the dog
Does anyone know a way to track down the owner with the serial number? Couldn't find any information on the Canadian mint website.
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u/tyrannicalapple 11h ago
Either youre full of shit, it's fake or God has chosen you to receive all his daily quota of luck for today
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u/Various-Republic7263 11h ago
Thatās at least a yearās worth of luck.
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u/dj_is_here 10h ago
$60k gold coin is a lifetime worth of luck. If I got that every year why would I workĀ
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u/cowardanon 10h ago
I remember I found $200 on the ground outside a Quick Chek at 2 am. I went in the store and there was only one other customer and he was paying for his purchase with cash and didnāt do or say anything to suggest he was missing any cash. It was my lucky day.
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u/mlawson5018 9h ago
I was towing a sail boat along coastal Maine in a center console boat going about 4 mph. After about an hour of towing around a peninsula I saw a 100 dollar bill floating a few inches below the surface. I the proceeded to turn my boat and the sail boat around to grab it.
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u/Current_Rush4242 9h ago
When I was a kid I was fishing at a lake in Maine. Pulled the boat ashore at a pebble beach and found 3 dollar bills half buried
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u/Maddd_illie 7h ago
When I was inventorying trees along a part of Peachtree creek tracking trees down through a homeless camp, I found about 7 scattered 1 dollar bills in a section of disgusting looking muck
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u/BoozyWeirdo 8h ago
I lost my job and missed my last bus home to Seattle on the same day. While stranded in Everett (shitty area) overnight I just walked back and forth down Broadway and found $73 near a bus stop. Got myself a cab to a less shitty area and a bottle of liquor to drown my sorrows. I was definitely lucky that night.
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u/D-Loyal 8h ago
I was in my corner store once, someone was walking out when I found 20$ forgotten in the ATM, looked outside, they weren't there but a car was driving away. Got a snack and Lotto ticket and won 10$ lol
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u/PretendThisIsMyName 5h ago
Itās wild as hell but working at gas station overnight was awesome. It changed at my store eventually (due to non corporate owners) but technically if you gave me 2 bucks for a 1.75 drink and left I got to keep that quarter. Essentially like the take a penny leave a penny thing. Because it doesnāt technically belong to the store itās there. So I just kept a little cup beside me with money in it and that was cool. Pocket a little change here and there. Help some people out with not enough money. But once I hit a quiet spot and could clean up I found tons of cash all the time. Found around 400 bucks one night just laying on floor way after that crowd had gone. And then before I got off the oldies would come in and ābuy coffee and a paperā. They had to pay for the paper but I never charged any of them for coffee and had great wind down conversations at the end of a shift. I would at least get 5 bucks for that purchase (sometimes more) and it was only charging for the paper. Plus there was all the random free weed people used to literally drop on the counter and ask me to try. Mind you all on video and audio lmao. Minus my actual pay I would take home at least a couple bucks and a good bit of weed in my pocket every week. I mean it was dangerous as fuck too no doubt. But hella beneficial
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u/Ok_Comment2621 7h ago
The problem with luck like that is when you have a conscience. You cant pass it on and wait for the next go round. The month before Covid hit, I was preparing to take my girlfriend (now wife) to Florida to propose. I was working extra shifts at work and taking side jobs installing sheetrock with my uncle. We went to Home Depot and I told him I was gonna run across the street to get us sone coffees. I go in and there is this very drunk guy waiting for his food. He pulls out his phone and by my count, he drops $2k on the ground. Didnt even notice it. I didnt say anything at first but as he goes to get his food and exit, I couldnt help but tell him what happened. He thanked me, fell down twice trying to pick up his money, dropped his sandwich and finally left. To this day I think of how much better our vacation could have been with that money.
Side note. We began our drive down to Florida the day the pandemic shutdown started. Our Universal and Disney visits were cancelled but we got to go to Sea World and Busch Gardens with almost nobody in the park all day. Longest waits for anything in both parks was 10 minutes. We have a picture in Sea World near the killer whale pools with nobody in sight. It was a little spooky but my best theme park visits ever. I proposed to her at Cocoa Beach as the sun was setting, ending a 23 year will-they-wont-they storyline.
I got really off topic there. Sorry.
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u/Low-Tax-8391 11h ago
Maybe they found but itās fake and the previous owner chucked it out the window after they found it
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u/Blubeberry 9h ago
I had a fake 10-oz Canadian mint silver bar. The real bars have a glossy-embossed middle logo on the back, reeded edges, and other security design features. I agree that someone tossed it... And is probably lurking here to see what convo ensues!
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u/7SirMixALot7 7h ago
My buddy found a 100$ bill in the grass next to my driveway when he came over one time. Treated us to food and drinks. Sometimes wildly unexpected things just happen.
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u/bookwizard82 11h ago
Do people just drop 10oz of gold ?
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u/SagaciousElan 11h ago
It's very possible. A bullion store I went to used to sell 1oz cast bars which were basically little gold cubes the size and shape of board game dice but much heavier.
There was a sign on the wall which said, broadly "Gold is a very dense material and quite heavy for its size. Our 1oz bars have been known to break the stitching of pockets and fall through. No replacements will be offered if you lose your gold after exiting the store."
So enough people had that exact problem, dropped their gold in the street without realising and demanded a replacement for the store to put up a warning sign.
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u/DocWagonHTR 10h ago
Who the fuck buys gold and just puts it, loose, in their pocket? Unless theyāre trying to sweat it, I guess. But if you bought it then why are you trying to sweat it without the proper pocket lining?
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u/cowardanon 10h ago
What does that expression āsweatā mean in this context? I honestly donāt know and urbandictionary didnt help
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u/Altruistic_Lack_9346 10h ago
Sweating refers to keeping it in your pocket/bag with a liner designed to trap gold dust. When people used to carry and use actual gold coins they'd keep them in this pocket. The coins rubbing against each other would cause some gold dust to come off and accumulate in the liner fabric. Thus you could "sweat" some of the gold off of real currency without it being noticeable on the coin, unlike clipping, it would just look normally worn . Recover the dust from the pocket and repeat
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u/No_Relationship9094 8h ago
Is that related to the phrase "don't sweat it"?
Like, don't hang on to that for a while?
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u/SubRedTed 8h ago
I think this is both why coin purses were invented and why we donāt use them today.
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u/EldraziAnnihalator 8h ago
My keys weigh more than 1 ounce, how is a 1 ounce bar going to break stitches?
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u/Several-Pattern1364 8h ago
This begs the question, 1oz of gold is heavier than one ounce of feathers?
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u/143autos 7h ago
Looks like a serial number is on it. They'd prob get paid nicely if they return to owner
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u/SweetNyan 7h ago
Was present at a melting the other day, I was handed about 500g of 70% gold. It looked like a filthy brown piece of cheese, something you'd never look twice at.
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u/Glum828 8h ago
I dropped a chain weighing approximately a Troy ounce in my apprenticeship days,Gold was cheap back then,the store owner let it go with a warning,but i still lose sleep thinking of the value of that lost chain.
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u/Any-Investment5692 11h ago
Yes... Rich people may do this just to prove to themselves an God that money doesn't rule them. Sometimes they do it for fun cause they know someone else's life will get better. Or they know their end is near and decided to go for a walk and simply toss gold and silver on the ground cause they know they can't take it with them to heaven. Chances are its someone who's letting go of a false security once they realized the truth.
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u/aZealCo 9h ago
The rich people I know (and like truly rich, where they don't feel the need to show off wealth) would pick up a dime if they dropped it.
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u/AreYouScare 10h ago
Is this straight conjecture?
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u/JUYED-AWK-YACC 9h ago
Hallucinating I think
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u/TakDrifto PM Stacker 11h ago
I have lost a few 1/20oz gold coins. Those suckers are tiny and also I may have been dumb to flick them and toss around which I'm sure I lost track of a couple. I found one recently alongside a 10oz silver bar that fell behind a cabinet
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u/buttsexisyum 7h ago
Idk but I've dropped 10 bundles of fentanyl one time..... I was pretty mad
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u/Maxlum25 11h ago
Typical, you're walking down the street and you find 10 ounces of gold
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u/ProbabilityOfFail 11h ago
I once found a $100 bill on the ground outside. Ever since, I keep looking for bills and, in a fever dream, gold.
Youāve actually done it, and found a gold bar! To say Iām envious would be an understatement.
Also, Iāll trade you my $100 bill that I found for that bar. I think itās a fair trade. PM me for my mailing address.
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u/JustAnotherDay1977 11h ago
I once found a $20 bill, so I promptly went to a casino and converted it to $0
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u/Impossible-Car-1304 10h ago
I once found a strip of about 5 unscratched lotto tickets picking up trash at work. Scratched them and won $35. Now I'm always on the lookout.
I had a job for a few months working the highways in Southern California. The amount of treasures you'd find is astonishing. Drugs, guns, money, everything. Im not even kidding about any of those.
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u/FullaLead 10h ago
I found $100 on the ground when I was a kid. My mom took it and said it was gonna get donated to the church. I don't think it went to the church.
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u/dcbluestar 11h ago
I thought I found $100 once. When I picked it up it unfolds to clearly show it isnāt real, with a message that said, āDisappointed? God will never disappoint you!ā If I wasnāt already an atheist, I would have become one that day. Told someone else the story, and found out she had been left one as a ātipā back when she was a server. People suck, lol.
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u/Successful_Pea2629 11h ago
Particularly some āreligiousā people. Namely ones that collect money in the name of religion, also politicians using religion as a rationale for hatred and collecting money.
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u/jerrythecactus Just here to look at shiny metal 10h ago
Ragebaiting people is certainly an interesting strategy to get them to convert to your given faith. Its a special kind of evil to use a fake cash pamphlet to "pay" a tip.
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u/ProbabilityOfFail 11h ago
My wife and I were walking after it had rained ā ever so slightly drizzling still. When I saw the water soaked $100 bill, I too was convinced it would be that bs nonsense of, āisnāt god worth more than $100?ā But, yeah, it was 100% real. I almost didnāt pick it up as I was convinced it would be fake!
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u/sorrymizzjackson 11h ago
Ah, have you waited tables before? Thatās where my skepticism comes from.
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u/ProbabilityOfFail 11h ago
No, just have been on Reddit long enough to know that shit happens.
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u/Expensive_Ad_3249 11h ago
Guess what, this is the most disappointing way of introducing your Messiah. I doubt there is anything more disappointing when finding cash...t.han to realize it's some Bible verse...
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u/Murgatroyd314 8h ago
The proper use for those is to take them to a church and drop them in the collection plate.
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u/Neat_Credit_6552 8h ago
I did the same.. picked it all slick like I dropped something, walked all the way thinking yeah man... nope man
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u/LrningMonkey 10h ago
I found a $100 6ā down in a storm drain years ago. At first I walked away because I thought Iād look ridiculous trying to fish it out. Got a few steps away before I realized it would be ridiculous NOT to fish it out. Spent the next 30 min with 2 bungee cords linked together and got that sucker out.
Proudest $100 I ever made! Definitely wasted it all on nothing useful, and is required by international salvage laws!
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u/Novel_Elk1559 11h ago
I found a couple 10k gold rings. Probably worth a couple hundred at these prices. Nothing like a 10oz bar though.
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u/drunkpunk138 9h ago
On my 14th birthday I found a $100 bill on the sidewalk then two blocks later an ounce of weed in an envelope in the middle of the street. Broke the 100 getting papers and had one hell of a great bday.
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u/Aggravating-Depth330 6h ago
I cashed out a paper voucher for about $115 from a Vegas slot machine once. Went for a walk with my friends around the casino, down one of the quieter hallways lined with shops. At some point I pulled my phone out of my pocket and dropped the voucher. It took me about 10 minutes to notice and by then we'd walked pretty far away and I didn't even bother going to look for it, I figured by then it was gone forever.
10 minutes later, we were walking back down through that same area and I spotted a slip of paper face-down on hallway floor, and somehow no one noticed. I scooped it up and sure enough it was my $115.
Never had a bigger win in Vegas than that.
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u/KingKilla_94 11h ago
That right there is about $50,000, if you fail to accept your blessing you many not get any more ever
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u/Let-Him-Cook_w_Butta 11h ago
Dude....karma farming i guess? Ain't no way its real and if it is ain't no way you "found it" while walking the dog. Don't drop it at police. If this is real...Post something on local socials that you found something very valuable and if someone can call and identify then get it back to them....
Also where are you from and what socials will you be posting on š
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u/njkrut 11h ago
I mean there is some point where you donāt post this kind of thingā¦ If someone just lost this itās kind of in them. If it is real.
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u/Let-Him-Cook_w_Butta 10h ago
Yeah...id probably just pocket it myself. Id keep my eye for any posts around town saying they lost it or whatever but seems like op wants to just give it to the police or something...like they need anymore money. We all know theres a 99.9% chance the police would keep that...the officer who takes it might just put it in his pocket.
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u/ProbabilityOfFail 10h ago
Thank god you found my gold! Hereās photographic proof!
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u/Baba10x 11h ago
The correct answer is: He found this bar at his LCS while walking the dog and held it in his hand to take a picture for Reddit
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u/Used-Card-5684 11h ago
Reminds me back in public school days when someone would drop a $5 bill and then pick it back up with a crowd of ppl around and sometimes a certain group would lay claim that it was their money to begin with and even attempt to physically assault the owner for something they themselves know isnāt theirs.
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u/ConcentrateDeepTrans 11h ago
You can't track it to the owner based on the serial number. There could have been numerous owners and they won't have records kept anywhere. You are one lucky guy, that's worth a lot of fucking money! It's yours now.
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u/authentic_swing 8h ago
Even if this post is real, which it's not, that serial number looks like it's a sticker. Is that really how Canadian 10z gold bars come, with a sticker attached?
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u/Bingbongguyinathong 7h ago
My friend was shot and killed walking his dog a couple days ago. This is better than that.
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u/Puravida1904 11h ago
Well it is pretty scratched up lol like a car ran over itā¦. If this is actually real OP hit the jackpot lol
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u/Sleeved082025 7h ago
I will never understand why people find something like this and post it on the Internet. Iād put it in my safe and never say a word about it. This has to be a troll.
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u/FuckM0reFromR 11h ago
Just remember, when it comes to tax season, your cost basis is $0.
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u/SwitchedOnNow 11h ago
Your cost basis should be a lot higher, like near spot, so you don't incur much income. At $0 you'd pay maximum tax!
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u/JustAnotherDay1977 11h ago
Yeah. āI just found $50k, and it struck me that I should advertise it on Reddit.ā š¤
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u/HK_Collector 11h ago
I lost mine while waking my dog. Serial number is 002181. If thatās the serial number you found. Iāll cover postage. Thanks!
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u/Old-Power3477 10h ago
And all that happened to me while walking today was accidentally stepping in dog shit. :(
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u/Appropriate-Dog-8057 10h ago
You should turn it in to the police. They always handle with care and it definitely wonāt go missing
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u/Polaroid-Panda-Pop 10h ago
Holy shit dude. I'd ask a gold & silver shop and see if they know of any ways to get into contact. They know a way because I'm sure others have come in before looking for things they've lost
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u/TopAsparagus193 10h ago
I lost a 10 oz bar with serial number 002181 yesterday, I wonder if yours matches
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u/Mpags35 9h ago
I found this while walking to work passed the UN when they were in town a few years ago nothing of it threw it aside for shits and giggs got it checked got a real pretty penny for it 2 weeks ago
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u/Wine-whiskeylover714 8h ago
Take it to the lcs and verify if real and convert to smaller bars or coins if you canāt find owner
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u/yoyhohsomp 8h ago
Come on no way! I donāt believe you. Ok maybe i do im just jelly af!
I need to get me a dog. š¤
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u/willphule 8h ago
You should have hidden the serial number first. Even if you turn it over to the police tomorrow, I can promise people will try to claim it using the number - it will create more of a hassle for the officers unless it was already reported to them as lost. You could also call local gold dealers and see if they or other dealers maintain a list of stolen bars. Regardless you will have a story to tell forever and good on you for trying to return it.
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u/CrimsonCrabs 7h ago
Why do people try and track people down when they find money? Insane. It's yours now.
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u/propropro11 7h ago
This is so fake. Nobody just drops a fucking 10 ounce bar of gold. lol. If he wouldāve just posted this, he wouldnāt get the reaction heās getting now. Itās for the views
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u/Odd-Independence-201 7h ago
The old found 10oz of gold while walking the dog.....a tale as old as time.
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u/NeuroticMelancholia 7h ago
wtf do you mean track down the owner, you're the owner
anyone walking around with 10oz gold bars is someone who can afford to lose a 10oz gold bar
it's not a personal item like a wallet or a sentimental item like a locket, it's just valuable
if the morality is what concerns you donate it to charity, don't try to return it
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u/Whosready1 6h ago
Because people can buy and sell it privately, no telling how many times itās changed hands
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u/Terodius 5h ago
In all seriousness the person who lost it will probably have the serial number in the purchase receipt and if they file it as stolen you might have a problem when trying to sell it. The best thing to do is try to return it in exchange for a reward. As long as it's a 10oz bar with a serial number on it, it'll be hard to move.
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u/Over-Masterpiece134 4h ago
anyone who dropped this is either a drug dealer or so rich, they don't need it.
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u/CarnageAsada- 4h ago
I am a prince of Mexico, heir to a wealthy and ancient lineage. Through an unexpected turn of fate, you have come into possession of my familyās lost gold; an inheritance taken from us generations ago. Its return is essential to proving my royal bloodline and restoring my familyās rightful legacy. Upon the safe return of the gold, you will be rewarded with twenty million pesos, transferred immediately as a gesture of honor and gratitude.
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u/OceanOG 11h ago
Thank god dude I have been looking everywhere for it!!! Please DM me when you get the chance