A CYCLIST was reunited with his wallet after a genius Good Samaritan paid into his bank account multiple times – each with snippets of a message.

Tim Cameron, 30, feared the worst when his wallet, containing a bank card but no contact details, fell out of his pocket riding home.

3 Tim Cameron was pleased to get his wallet back Credit: Kennedy News and Media

But Simon Byford had it and figured out an ingenious way to tell him.

He made four online deposits of 1p each into Tim’s account — and used the 18-character reference box to communicate.

In the first he wrote: “Hi I found your”, then added in the second: “wallet in the road.”

The third contained Simon’s number and the last urged him to “text or call!!”.

Product manager Tim, of Islington, North London, got in touch then cycled two miles to Simon’s place.

Relieved Tim said: “He’s the nicest bloke ever - it’s not surprising he went above and beyond to get it back to me.”

3 Simon's messages to Tim via 1p bank transfers Credit: Kennedy News and Media

3 Wily Simon Byford worked out how to contact Tim using his back account Credit: Kennedy News and Media

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He also shared screen grabs of the genius communication method on Twitter, above with Tim, which has been liked more than 68,000 times.

Simon said: “He brought me a bottle of wine which was very nice of him. It was a bit of a puzzle - how do I contact this dude who I have such little information about? It was interesting to ponder.”

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