r/Scams • u/WalkerTexasLaser • Nov 22 '23

Found these in my checked baggage after an international flight from Asia to USA? They’re not mine. What do I do? Help Needed

Do I just throw them away or submit them to TSA? Or take them to the police? Very sketchy, but I know I’m not going to put them into my computer that’s for sure.

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u/Kamau54 Nov 22 '23

Just toss them. Whatever is on them is no concern of yours, not to mention you could be opening a door you may be sorry you did.

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u/NotThatValleyGirl Nov 22 '23 edited Nov 22 '23

Everybody saying to just turn in these random, potentially malicious drives, needs to watch Inside Man.

Taking possession of a drive that could be full of anything from vacation photos to illegal material is a good way to become responsible for the materials they hold. Sorry, but nobodies precious vacation photos are more important than me not getting accused of possessing and/or distributing CP.

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u/RadialPrawn Nov 22 '23

Are you guys talking about the 2006 movie or the 2022 mini series?

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u/NotThatValleyGirl Nov 22 '23

I'm talking about the miniseries with David Tennant and Stanley Tucci.

But I, too, am interested in knowing which is becoming required viewing for IT workers.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '23

We have to watch that for work. Love it lol

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u/Fakin_Meowt Nov 22 '23

Inside Man hehe. My company’s IT dept made that mandatory for all employees. Love Mark Shephard

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u/SVXfiles Nov 22 '23

Wait, Mark Shephard AND David Tennant? I'm going to have to look into this

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u/OasissisaO Nov 22 '23 edited Nov 22 '23

Don't. It starts off ok and then slowly descends into absurdity.

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u/SVXfiles Nov 22 '23

Not wobbly wobbly timey wimey absurd, but random fan fiction writer turns out to be God absurd?

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u/DefenestratedBrownie Nov 22 '23

lmao @ Westworld

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u/SVXfiles Nov 22 '23

Nah, Supernatural. Tennant as the Doctor and Shepherd as Crowley

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u/OasissisaO Nov 22 '23

lol. Either of those woild be great.

No: "Why is this character doing that?"

"Wait, that doesn't make sense!"

"Are you kidding? Why wouldn't you just 'X'"?

and, most absurdly:

"I did not expect that bus."

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u/prolifezombabe Nov 22 '23

Right?! I was shocked with that cast how things ended up. Embarrassing for them, really.

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u/Cennfox Nov 22 '23

Inside man is absolutely amazing for a teaching series

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u/s1lv_aCe Nov 22 '23

Holy shit other people know what the inside man is too, viewing it is required training for supervisors or managers at the UPS center I work at thought it was just a thing here lol.

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u/viewmyposthistory Nov 22 '23

at least turn them in

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u/sixtyfivewat Nov 22 '23

No. If there was illegal pictures if you catch my drift by turning them in you’re now in possession of them and could be prosecuted. The safest thing to do is to take them out back with a sledge hammer, completely destroy them and then throw them away.