Recover what's yours.
Return what you've found.
Post something you have found, or search for something you have lost. Photos stay blurred and details stay hidden until the real owner proves the item is theirs.
- Photos blurred by default
- Ownership questions, not guesswork
- Free, no commission
How it works
Two sides of the same recovery. Pick the one that describes you.
I found something
You are holding something that belongs to a stranger.
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Post what you found
A few photos, where and when you found it. Every photo is blurred automatically before anyone else sees it.
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Choose how to give it back
Keep it and meet the owner, or leave it somewhere public and never meet anyone. Your choice, made when you post.
Keep it and meet the owner
You hold the item, review who claims it, and hand it over yourself. Your number is shared only with the person you accept.
Leave it somewhere public
Drop it at a petrol station, hotel reception or shop. The owner collects it with a recovery code. You never have to meet anyone, and your number stays private unless you choose to share it.
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Write the ownership questions
A few questions only the real owner could answer. We suggest the wrong options; you set the right ones.
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Hand it over
You see who passed and how well. Nobody gets your phone number until you decide.
I lost something
You are looking for something that is yours.
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Search for it
By title, category, city or quarter. Photos are blurred and details hidden, so look for the shape of your item.
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Prove it is yours
Answer the finder's questions about details only you would know. One attempt, so take your time.
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Collect it
Meet the finder, or go to the drop-off point and show your recovery code. Then confirm you have it.
You cannot take the quiz again for this item.
Nothing sensitive is public
A lost ID card in the wrong hands is worse than a lost ID card. So the platform shows as little as possible until someone proves the item is theirs.
Photos are blurred
Every photo is blurred in full before it is published. The clear version is shown only to the owner once they pass the questions.
Details stay hidden
The written description is masked in public listings, and search never looks inside it — so nobody can guess their way to the answers.
Phone numbers are not shown
No contact details appear anywhere until a claim is accepted, and the finder decides whether to share theirs at all.
A dispute does not just stop there
Answering the ownership questions is not a risk you take alone. If a handover goes wrong — someone who never shows up, someone claiming an item that is not theirs, someone demanding money — you report it from inside the claim, and a person deals with it.
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You report it from inside the claim
Not a blank form on a contact page. The report starts from the claim it concerns, so it arrives with the item, the claim and both parties already attached.
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A person reviews it
An admin reads the case and settles what can be settled: cancelling a claim, putting the item back in browse, or suspending an account that is working the system.
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What cannot be settled peacefully goes to the police
When the two accounts cannot be reconciled, the matter is escalated to the police, who settle it by law and their own investigation. That is their role, not ours: we hand over what we hold — the listing, the quiz answers, the dates — and they decide.
What we do not promise: a response time, or an outcome. What we do promise is that there is a next step, and that it does not end with us.
What people ask before they start
The points that stop people most often, answered from what the platform actually does.
Is it actually free?
Yes. Posting something you found is free, recovering your own is free, and we take no commission on anything. The platform runs on donations rather than fees — because a charge, even 500 FCFA, would shut out exactly the people it exists for.
How do I prove an item is mine with no receipt?
By answering questions only the owner could answer. The finder writes them from the item in their hands: four or five questions, and you need 67% right. No receipt, no paperwork, no photo to produce.
Why only one attempt?
Because with several tries, guessing would be enough. One attempt is what makes passing mean something — and it is the same rule that protects you when somebody else tries to claim your item.
What happens if I fail the quiz?
Nothing is taken from you. No penalty, nothing added to your record, and your contact details were shown to no one. If you missed by exactly one answer on an item the finder is holding, you can ask them to review your answers themselves — they decide, and it is not a second attempt.
Why are the photos blurred?
So that nobody can identify a lost item — or its owner — just by browsing. The photo is blurred **entirely**, not only faces or numbers: there is no automatic detection of sensitive areas, the whole image stays blurred until somebody proves the item is theirs.
Why is the description cut off?
A public listing shows only the first two words of the description, then “•••”. The mask is always the same length, so it does not reveal how much text was hidden either. The description is where the details that would let someone guess the quiz answers live.
What does search actually look at?
The title, the category, the subcategory, the city and the quarter. Never the description. A search that read the description would let someone find an item by typing a detail the quiz is supposed to verify.
Will my phone number be visible?
No. No number appears on a public listing at any point. Contact details only pass between the two people involved in a verified claim, and the finder of a dropped-off item additionally decides whether to share theirs at all.
How does an item actually get back to me?
One of two ways. Either the finder keeps it and hands it over in person once they have accepted your claim. Or they leave it somewhere public — a filling station, a hotel reception — and meet nobody: passing the quiz then gives you the location, the instructions and a recovery code directly.
What is the recovery code?
It is the code you show at the place the item was left, to prove to whoever is holding it that you are the right person. It appears only after you pass the quiz, and only on items dropped at a public location.
Will I get the finder's number?
If the finder is keeping the item: yes, once they accept your claim. If they dropped it somewhere: only if they chose to share it — many drop items off precisely so they never have to meet anyone, and that choice is respected.
Is there a chat on the site?
No, deliberately. Conversations happen on WhatsApp, with a link prepared for you once contact details are released. Running a chat would be expensive to operate and would ask you to learn one more tool, when WhatsApp is already on your phone.
How long does a listing stay up?
Sixty days after it is posted, then it is retired automatically. And as soon as an item reaches its owner, its page goes with it — which is why a link shared three months ago may show nothing at all.
What is the AI actually for?
One thing only: inventing the three wrong options shown next to the right one, so the finder does not have to make them up. It receives the category name, the question the finder wrote, and the correct answer. Nothing else — no photo, no name, no number, no description.
What about a bag, an umbrella, a bunch of keys — nothing with a number on it?
Those are exactly why verification is a set of questions rather than an ID-number lookup. A wallet, a satchel or a keyring has nothing to type into a field, but their owner knows what is inside.
Could someone else claim my item before me?
They can try, once, and they will face questions they do not have the answers to. On an item the finder is keeping, the finder also has to accept or refuse — a passed claim alone does not make them hand anything over.
Who can see my name?
The name and reputation of whoever posts a found item are visible: that is what lets someone decide whether to trust them, and it is intended. Your email address and phone number are never shown, and a claimer's name is only shown to the finder concerned.
Is there an app to install?
The site installs itself onto your home screen from your browser's menu — there is nothing to download from a store, so nothing takes up tens of megabytes on your phone. It does need a connection to work.
Is the site in both French and English?
Both, fully, and you can switch at any time without losing the page you are on. The language is part of the address, so a shared link opens in the language it was copied in.
Which cities does this cover?
Everywhere in Cameroon. Listings carry a city and a quarter, and search filters on both — that is how you find something lost near where you lost it.
Do you deliver the items?
No. We do not transport, store or handle any item. The handover happens between the two people, in person or through the drop-off point the finder chose.
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