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German ID Turns Up in New Wallet After Return Shipment

Police will return the document to its owner, highlighting how online returns can move personal data far from home.

Overview

  • A woman in Sulzbach-Rosenberg found a stranger's Personalausweis, Germany's national ID card, inside a wallet bought from an online retailer.
  • She brought the document to local police, who traced the owner to Kempten in the Allgäu and said they will give it back.
  • Police said the owner had ordered the same wallet earlier and sent it back without noticing her ID was still in an inside pocket.
  • The ID then traveled across Bavaria through the return process from Kempten to the Oberpfalz, where the new buyer received it.
  • The case shows how e-commerce returns can carry sensitive items, and it serves as a reminder to check every pocket before sending goods back.