A Connecticut woman bought a desk from Staples, but after a few years grew tired of it. She decided to sell it to Noah Muroff and his wife for about $150 on Craigslist. There was nothing peculiar about the transaction at all.
Muroff and his wife had difficulty fitting the desk into the room. They decided to take it apart to fit it in. After Noah removed the filing cabinets, he noticed a plastic bag poking out.
First, he saw a $100 bill. Then he saw that inside there were stacks of them. He and his wife counted the money. There was a whopping $98,000.
"If we didn't take those drawers out, we never would have found it," Muroff said.
But he knew immediately that he couldn't keep the money. He called the woman he bought it from. It turned out she hid her inheritance in the desk and couldn't remember where she put it. When Muroff called her, she was speechless.
"She was so shocked and touched that anyone would call," he said. "She said, 'You could have kept the money and nobody would have ever known.'"
Muroff, who is a rabbi, and his wife believe honesty is the most important thing.
"We both agreed that this is not our money," he said. "If God wants us to have $98,000, he'll make sure to give it to us in some other way."
The woman was so grateful, she summed up how she felt in a thank-you card.
"I do not think there are too many people in this world that would have done what you did by calling me. I do like to believe that there are still good people left in this crazy world we live in. You certainly are one of them," the woman wrote. "I cannot thank you enough for your honesty and integrity."
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