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A Southern California woman received much more than she bargained for after she brought home a set of sofas she got on Craigslist. The woman found more than $36,000 in cash hidden inside one of the couch cushions.
Vicky Umodu of Colton, California says it all started when she began looking through Craigslist for furniture for her new home.
"I scrolled down and saw free items," Umodu explained, "So, I clicked on it, and the first thing I came up with was this family that wanted to give a sofa, and everything in their bedroom set...I said maybe it's a gimmick, so I called them."
The family giving away the free furniture told her that a loved one recently passed away, and they were liquidating the entire property.
"I just moved in, and I don't have anything in my house. I was so excited, so we picked it up and brought it in," the woman said.
Upon examining her new furniture more closely, Umodu discovered what she thought was a heating pad hidden inside one of the cushions.
But when she unzipped the couch cushion, she discovered multiple envelopes filled with cash.
"I was just telling my son, come, come, come! I was screaming, this is money! I need to call the guy," Umodu detailed.
Umodu said she never hesitated to return the money and called the family right away, who told her they had discovered other cash hidden throughout the rest of the house. The family was unsure why their loved one, an elderly man, would have hidden so much money inside his couch.
The money came to be $36,000 in total.
As the family's way of thanking the woman for her honesty, they bought her a new refrigerator and gave Vicky $2,200.