# Fees for transferring money **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 11, 2022, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fees-for-transferring-money/976318 "2022-12-11T04:05:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fees-for-transferring-money/976318/41 "2022-12-12T07:45:41Z")
Damn. Yes. Very very clear scammer language. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fees-for-transferring-money/976318/42 "2022-12-12T07:48:36Z")
I am interested, for the purposes of research, to learn a liitle more about the circumstances and factors that led you to accept this was even remotely genuine. I do not mean to mock or scorn you for believing a scam. I want to understand more about what happened. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fees-for-transferring-money/976318/43 "2022-12-12T15:54:54Z")
Went to my bank. They gave me a new account and routing number. They said I’m safe now. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fees-for-transferring-money/976318/44 "2022-12-12T16:11:04Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > I can tell my bank not to allow any money taken out of my account, excepting Planet Fitness. You might want to consider not allowing Planet Fitness to take money out of your account, given their [scammy reputation](https://www.bbb.org/us/ga/snellville/profile/fitness-center/planet-fitness-0443-27756575/complaints). ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fees-for-transferring-money/976318/45 "2022-12-12T18:58:48Z")
> [@md-2000](#): > > But did the bank put the money back? It was certainly a pain in the butt, but if all one needed for fraud was an image of the cheque so as to print more _and_ it was easy to get away with, then there would be a helluva lot more fraud happening. They did but they wanted to pin the blame on ME. Implying that I must have lost a check or it’s one of my employees or vendors. I ended up moving my money to another bank and closing down that account. Until the end of time, I’ll bad mouth that bank (actually, credit union) anytime the subject comes up. My local PD kinda blew it off as well, luckily, the PD in the next city over arrested someone and found pictures of some of the phony checks on his phone. I also got a call from a sheriff’s office in Texas (I’m in Wisconsin). A janitor at a college found a printed out copy of one of the checks that cleared our account in a dorm garbage and turned it over to them. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fees-for-transferring-money/976318/46 "2022-12-12T19:14:51Z")
From what I read, they were taking out the usual 10 a month and 40 yearly. I have no plans to quit planet fitness. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fees-for-transferring-money/976318.md?page=2)