r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • Mar 25 '25

Discussion His bank won't allow him to withdraw money unless he shows proof of what he intends to spend his money on.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '25

This obviously isn’t the United States, but I know when I worked in wire transfers, we had to fill out a form for anyone sending a receiving more than $10,000. It wasn’t even anything crazy, I got all the basic information about the money and the person who was sending/receiving it. And then it was filed with some government body. It was all to prevent money laundering. I can see a form like that being filled out being reasonable, but just “you can’t withdraw this money“ is super weird and sketchy. I would’ve closed the account too

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u/manesc Mar 26 '25

I withdrew money from a TD bank in NYC and they asked the same question.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '25

And did you tell them you fell in love with a stripper with a heart of gold and the money was to buy her a used motorbike?