<prompt> Human: Last weekend I went in the bank and withdrew 385 to pay my rent with. I went hiking and got pretty wet in the process, my wallet included. The bills looked like they got ink soaked in some spots, so I set them out to dry. When they dried I thought they were suspicious and held them up to the light to see if the hologram was visible and it was. I used to be a gas station clerk and if someone paid with these bills they would have looked real to me, so I dropped them in my landlords deposit box.A few days later I get a call from her saying my 100 and 50 bill was counterfeit and confiscated by her bank and reported. I immediately call my credit union and explain the situation and they say they will look into it. I call again the day after yesterday and control is off during the weekends but the lady said in short that it was not possible to prove the bills came from the credit union and that they could not help me.Im dumbfounded by this. The banks are the ones who are supposed to catch fake money, not give it out. I can see how with the double handling of the cash they would not authorize my funds being returned, but it just makes me angry this happens. Most people Ive talked to about this ask if maybe the landlord is the origin of the counterfeit bills. I was suspicious of the bills after they had soaked and had a sort of ink stain to them and she said I was the only tenant out of the two who paid in cash that used large bills. At the very least IQ credit union will no longer be seeing my business. Is there anything I can do?EDIT: Alright, jeez, Im not going to pay with cash anymore. I thought it would save my landlord a bit of processing time and paid cash as a courtesy. Still, regardless of the reason a bank should not give out counterfeit bills. I know this is all based on my word which is why Im just going to have to eat the loss. Expensive lesson.  <response>: First: Stop paying your rent in cash you dongle.Second: The law doesnt care if you touched the money. Your landlord got caught with it and you can use the same excuse your bank used to get out of responsibility for the counterfeit bills. 