What to do with a found bundle of debit cards.

Post date: 2021-10-16 07:07:28

Found a bunch of debit cards, likely related to fraud of some sort. Is it a waste of time bringing them to a police station? What should I do with them?

I was bringing my kids home from school and found a bundle of 10 debit cards from large Canadian banks (RBC, Tangerine, TD, others). They all had names of different people on them, and only 2 of the 10 had signatures on them. I immediately thought that they were either stolen cards or otherwise related to fraud.

I took the cards and contacted my local (Ontario, Canada) non-emergency police number. The dispatcher said they would send an officer to me to pick the cards up and gave me a case number to 'open' the file. I hung up and within a minute a different officer called me (presumably when a case opens it goes to this person). He seemed rather indifferent about the matter, said they wouldn't send someone to get the cards, and said I could drop them at any police station at my convenience. I didn't get the impression this would be high on his (or anyone's) priority list.

Bringing the cards to a police station is a big pain for reasons not worth getting in to, but I'd like to help if it would be helpful. My question is: is it worth the pain to bring the cards in? Or will they just be tossed in a shredder at the station or something similarly unhelpful? I know they aren't going to do an 'all hands on deck' hunt for the fraudster, but I don't want to waste my time if they're going to do nothing about it. Do I basically have no choice now since I've opened a matter number which is attached to my name?

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