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Nice hack.

The "official" way of dealing with lost property in the UK is to take it to your local police station. If no-one claims it within 6 weeks, you might be able to keep the item. I certainly remember doing this a few times when younger. Not so sure many people know this nowadays.

Anyway, my mother lost her purse a few months back in the small town in Scotland where she lives. Someone suggested she try her local police station (actually not so local any more thanks to the current government having closed over 600 police stations[0]) and lo and behold someone had handed it in there!

[0] https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/600-police-stations-shut-...

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Going to a local bank also works. And you want to do that to get their cards replaced/blocked as well. And they have the owners contact details.

I've found bank cards a few times and have called the bank in question, they've just thanked me, made a note of it, and asked me to destroy the card myself.

The one time I tried, Bobby wasn't interested!

I think my father managed to find the owner from the wallet's contents in the end.

Seems like the practice came to an end last year in England and Wales: "From 1 October, anyone who contacts the police about something they have lost will be redirected to private websites"[0].

[0] https://news.sky.com/story/43-police-forces-in-england-and-w...