Today, after weeks of allowing my parents to borrow money, I got a check for $2000. I took it to the bank only to find out it was fake. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I found out that my parents are 28,000 dollars in debt and that my bank account has $27.17 in it. They took my money to help pay their debt. FML
Today, it was the day that I had been waiting for weeks to arrive: I finally finished the hiring process for my new job… Only to find out not only my paycheck, but the job itself was fake. Thanks Indeed, my first new bank account after years of debt, my disability, and my will to live greatly appreciate it. FML
Today, I found out why I haven't been getting my bank statements for the past couple of months. My parents have been hiding them from me, because they've been stealing from it. FML
Today, my mother asked me if she could borrow $200. Being the lovely daughter I am, I gave her my bank card to withdraw it herself. She gambled it away and maxed my bank account out. I had $1500 saved. FML
Today, I was working as a cashier at a restaurant. When I receive $50 and $100 bills I am required to have a manager check to make sure they are not counterfeit. Every manager I found yelled at me to find another manager because they were busy. Frustrated, I just accepted the bill. It was fake. FML
Today, I learned that the gentleman who found my wallet was not satisfied with the $300 cash and forged a check for a washer and dryer. I found out when I checked my account. It cleared. FML
Today, my dad sent me $200 by mail, only to mail it to the wrong person. So now some random person is getting $200 from my dad. FML
Today, after weeks of asking, I was finally given my debit card back from my parents. They’ve spent over $1000 and now I’m scared to know how much I have left. There was no mention of a reimbursement either. FML
Today, I found out that the $200 I reluctantly gave to my mother so she could rent a house was paid to a scammer. Now she wants to live with me, in my one bedroom apartment. FML
Today, I was notified by my bank that the government stimulus check I had deposited last week had been returned. FML
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Top comments
SirSantpoort 0
WTF your parents are poor bums.. FYL indeed!
Swimmer248 0
Your parents are terrible people.
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Comments (91)
madman1901 0
Did they flee to Mexico?
adzees 2
call police
scateice 0
Now make your parents give $2000 to THEIR parents
bloobelly 0
EMBARRASSING!!
wDeemish 0
eeh -.-
ASA5G 2
cut their asses off until they pay you back.
SaturdayEyes 0
22 - LOL! Wow that sucks.. My dad would do the same thing so I never give him my money.
lcr90 0
this FML is impossible because anything that has the good information written on it (account number, bank number, etc) could be a check.
MahailaJade 0
I'm going to have to disagree with #85, it's called a counterfeit. It's not hard to go to staples, buy check stock and the program to print it off of your home computer. And to the OP, I always say never loan anyone money. Give it to them with the understanding that if they wish to pay it back, they can. You'll be less disappointed that way.
abbrev 0
#86: part what #85 said is true: if the check contains all the necessary (and valid) information, and is signed, it is considered to be a real check. It doesn't matter if it was printed on a home computer. Think about those checks that you can order from any one of a hundred different places. They're not really special in any way. They don't have to be officially endorsed or authorized by the bank or anything. They just have to have all the right information printed on them. Like you said, you could print checks out on your home computer, but if they have all the right information they would be valid (your checks' recipients might think something is fishy, though). Of course, what could have happened in this FML is that the check contained a fake account number or routing number, which would make the check "fake".
capnbzarr 43
Your parents may have committed a crime in playing this prank on you. And to #89: Aside from the security features such as microprinting, the reason you can't print real checks on your computer is because your printer doesn't have magnetic ink. Look up "MICR".
joelmay93 1
#90, MICR is not required to make a check valid. Some banks may charge a processing fee because their MICR machines can't read it so it must be processed by hand. But with the Check 21 Act checks can be deposited by smartphone apps and websites that cannot determine if there is MICR ink or standard printer ink. I know that anything with valid information that resembles a check is valid. I wanted to send some money anonymously to someone who I trust so I scanned a check, removed my name and address, chanced the check number, scribbled my signature, used photo editing software to fill in the check information, then emailed it to him in an encrypted file. He had absolutely no problems depositing that check that appeared forged and devoid of every security feature. My advice: don't use checks because they are VERY easy to fake. But if you do use checks then at least print them yourself for at least the people who deposit with their smartphones.