Unemployed Woman Finds Bag of Money, Returns it to Bank



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Good Samaritan or Great Fool? These are the questions we have after hearing the story of Candace Scott, who after finding a bag of money on the side of the road in College Station that she initially thought was a dirty diaper, returned about $20,000 in cash to a nearby Chase bank.

Initially, she tells The Eagle, she was worried about where the money came from, and guessed that it was at least $200,000. "At first I thought it was drug money or somebody threw it," Scott said. "I was kind of scared when I got it until I saw the Chase label on the bag."

But then she figures, "maybe whoever was transporting it left it on the top or hood of the vehicle and then drove off, like one might forget a handbag or cup of coffee."

Could be! Or not. The bank gave her a $500 credit gift card for her kindness. Which, considering Scott is an unemployed middle school teacher who moved to College Station from Lubbock, is very kind of her indeed.

"There really wasn't [ever a thought to keep it]," Scott said. "I'm having a hard time making people believe that but it never even entered my mind. I wanted to get it back to the rightful owner because I could just imagine the panic somebody was in."

For their part, Chase is oddly quiet about the whole thing. Is this the lead up to an investigation? Will they start checking the roofs of their employees' cars for forgotten bags of money? The real winner in all this is Candace Scott, World's Most Honest Person. That's some good karma.