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They can't.

• marcus_holmes 6y ago
  So, assuming the original person in TFA had some kind of authentic claim on the money, why are they not losing it according to GP?
  • detaro 6y ago
    They (by accident) put the money in a spot where anyone can claim it. Arguably, that's where they lost it, OP just tried to recover it without someone else noticing "ohh, there's free money there" and failed. (that's not a very satisfying answer, but pretty much seems to be the logic behind those things)
    • marcus_holmes 6y ago
      Thanks for the explanation :) So not so much that they lost it from malicious activity, more by accident.
      • iSnow 6y ago
        Yes the original cause was human error, and some robot just pounced once it saw the opportunity.