# Need Advice/Help, maybe German Posters? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 9, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-help-maybe-german-posters/982428 "2023-04-09T23:29:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wallet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e99b99/32.png) [@Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallet)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-help-maybe-german-posters/982428/1 "2023-04-09T23:29:19Z")
(Mods, wasn’t sure where to put this, please move if necessary? Thanks) Hi, I have a bit of a problem, not quite sure where to go from here. I found 2 ID cards from a German citizen, a driver’s license and I believe a medical insurance card. I’m assuming she was either robbed or pick pocketed, and the jerk who did it threw her cards on the ground and kept the money. We called the German Consulate, but they’re not open 'til Tuesday. There’s a German person with her name on TikTok, who’s traveling in America right now. A message was left, but we haven’t heard back yet. What else can we do to help? I don’t want this person to think I’m a bad guy as well, trying to trick her or something. NYC has a bad rep already, and it stinks this happened to someone just here to enjoy our city. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-help-maybe-german-posters/982428/2 "2023-04-10T00:03:17Z")
I am going to be no help, but I wanted to say two things: 1. Awesome user name / post combination. 2. Good for you, trying to help her. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-help-maybe-german-posters/982428/3 "2023-04-10T03:05:01Z")
Flag down a squad car or contact a police officer. There’s a good chance the person has already filled out a report and it should take all of 10 seconds to connect the two and they can (and should) be the ones to return the docs. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2023, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-help-maybe-german-posters/982428/4 "2023-04-10T10:10:01Z")
That ⬆ ---
**Author:** ![Wallet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e99b99/32.png) [@Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallet)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-help-maybe-german-posters/982428/5 "2023-04-10T19:40:22Z")
My little corner of Brooklyn is _not_ a place tourists visit. I found the IDs at a bus stop that runs to Downtown Brooklyn and Manhattan. The crook obviously took the bus from the city, and just dumped everything but the money on the ground when they got off here. My precinct would not handle something as small as this. I do appreciate the advice, though. No response from her TikTok account, so my son will drop off the cards at the German Consulate when he’s in the city tomorrow. Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-help-maybe-german-posters/982428/6 "2023-04-11T12:33:16Z")
Good fortune to you, your Son, & the traveler. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-help-maybe-german-posters/982428/7 "2023-04-11T14:27:50Z")
> [@Wallet](#): > > No response from her TikTok account If it’s really the victim’s account, maybe her phone got stolen too and she has no way of accessing her account.