[Leaning Right]

A friend of mine hired a contractor to do some home renovations. He went to his bank to withdraw $7000 to pay them (cash is king). All very legitimate.

The bank gave him a a hard time. Who are you paying? What is the money for?

My friend got upset. He’s a bit of a hothead. “Give me my money!” Which they did.

Afterwards I settled my friend down. The bank was trying to do the right thing by asking those questions. They are, in many ways, the last line of defense against filthy scammers. So be nice, and answer their questions.

My friend agreed. I was going to ask him to go back and apologize, but I figured I’d better quit while I was ahead.

[mmichaels1970]

The bank was trying to do the right thing by asking those questions. They are, in many ways, the last line of defense against filthy scammers. So be nice, and answer their questions.

That's a really nice perspective. I felt like going to the bank branch myself to personally thank whoever it was that grabbed her phone. Probably should have.

[nickcarraway]

Yet we’re supposed to believe that a bank gave $11 million to someone pretending to be a famous baseball player?