If this were not a thing currently now, I find it an extraordinary idea.The Rambling Midget wrote: Hostile NPCs will often move to "investigate" (loot) a corpse, even if they have to travel clear from the other end of the map, where they could never have seen it in the first place. That could be why they're creeping up on you.
If a character player died and there were npcs alive who may superate an easy INT proof (to avoid animals doing it) they walk to the corpse and lot his gold.
Up to you if the said npc will keep the gold or if the gold just made poof.