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WATCH: Rabbi returns $98,000 he finds in Craigslist desk he bought for $150. Shirlee Engel reports.

If you’ve ever bought something on Craigslist, you know you don’t always get what you bargained for.

But Ottawa Rabbi Noah Muroff and his wife never imagined they’d hit the jackpot when they bought a used desk for $150.

The desk didn’t fit into Muroff’s office, so they took it apart and found a plastic bag with a whopping $98,000 inside.

Muroff and his wife knew they couldn’t keep the money, so they called the woman who sold them the desk and arranged to return the cash.

The woman told them she had inherited the money after both her parents passed away.

Too distraught to do anything with it, she stashed it in one of the drawers and forgot.

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For doing the right thing, the woman gave the Rabbi and his wife a card and a $3,500 reward for their honesty, plus the $150 they paid for the desk.