Good Samaritan Devises Ingenious Hack to Ensure Lost Wallet Finds Its Rightful Owner

In a heartwarming display of kindness and ingenuity, a good Samaritan has taken the internet by storm with their clever solution to reunite a lost wallet with its rightful owner.

The story began when the individual found a black wallet on Saturday, and, like any responsible person, they decided to take it in. However, instead of simply keeping the money pouch for themselves, they wanted to ensure that the wallet's owner could recover their lost card holder. So, they came up with an ingenious hack.

"I left a note in a way so only the real owner could contact me," declared the person in a viral Reddit post, accompanied by a photo of the "Da Vinci Code"-evoking encryption. The note was written in a way that made it virtually impossible for anyone other than the wallet's rightful owner to decipher.

The clever solution involved a verification code that required the owner to input their birthday in the format "DD/MM/YYYY". When combined with the number "030532468", this would reveal the Samaritan's phone number, allowing the owner to call them and retrieve their lost card holder. However, there was a time constraint: the Redditor noted that they would be delivering the missing money pouch to the police station on Monday, giving the owner only until the weekend to collect it.

Reddit users were blown away by this ingenious security measure, with many praising the person's creativity and ingenuity. "That's... actually kind of genius," gushed one fan, while another dubbed the algorithm "as smart as it is wholesome." A third user exclaimed, "It's literally only going to be solvable by one person. This should be so much more common."

The original poster replied that they had gotten the idea from a YouTube video on cryptography – the practice of decoding and encoding information so only authorized parties can access it. Their solution was a testament to the power of creativity and kindness in the digital age.