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Isnt your address on your drivers license?

@travelgirl1: I don't think it's unusual at all. I mean, if he were stealing your identity, why would he even try to find you to track you down? For what its worth, my DH found a large sum of money in a wallet with only a bank card with the person's name on it- and he was able to obtain his phone number to give it back. Now a days with the internet/etc, it's not too difficult to track someone down...

The only reason I can think of that he took it with him would be b/c the aquarium wouldn't go out of their way to find you but just wait for you to call them?

Once I found a girl's wallet on the street, I called the healthclub she belongs to (membership card inside) and ask them to call her and give her my # so she could contact me. I guess people can be pretty resourceful..

But why call you if he's gonna steal your identity? So confused! I mean, it's really nice that you'd get your stuff back!

@travelgirl1: did you ask him? I would straight up ask why the wallet got back to montreal with him, or how he got your address/# since it's not on the card with your name. I'd just have to phrase it nice like "wow! That's so great you got my address! How did you find it since it was not in my wallet?" Maybe he's a police officer or something haha. It would sketch me out a little too, but at least you're getting it back!

I think it's great he tracked you down to return it... and like others said - in this day and age, it's so easy to find people's addresses... unless they have a terribly common name. Even so - if it had your medical card, he could have called you insurance company (not sure if that is legal though)... anyhow - I just think it's not too difficult. It is weird he took to back to montreal instead of handing it in at the aquarium.

Someone dropped their work ID near my house a few years back. We have a national registry (it's super easy to find ´personal info here) and I mailed it back to him. I don't think it's too weird for him to mail it back to you. I heard that Canadians are supposed to be super nice that way.

I once left my purse in the shopping cart after loading my groceries into my car. I didn't realize it until I was almost to my brother's house. Luckily a really nice lady found it. She answered my phone when I went back to the store to see if someone turned it in. She was still shopping in the store so she just came to the front. I gave her a HUGE hug as major crisis averted. I tell this story only b/c she said she kept my purse as she didn't trust that the people working at the store would try to get this back to me or even try to steal from it as well.

That being said, I agree that he could have found your wallet after someone else took it so I would absolutely be cautious and make sure you monitor your credit reports for a long time. Also, there is this service called Lifelock that will help monitor your name and make sure that there is no fraud.