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Nightmare Lottery Win
maxgwen
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In January a friend and i won on the lottery. It wasnt the jackpot but we did get 5+bonus ball.
I use the online lottery and my numbers had run out. While i was picking numbers i asked a few friends to throw some random numbers my way. My friends sister said "why dont u put them numbers on that i dreamt yrs ago?" saying that she`s had good luck and the ppl she has given the numbers to had won money.
I put the numbers on for 2wks sat an wed. I said to my friends "If i hit the jackpot girls i`ll see u all right"
On the wednesday eve i got a call from the girl who dreamt the numbers saying that i had won.
At the time i lived in a rented house and was in a bit of dept so i paid off the lot and bought a brand new house, i also invested a large amount in shares.
My friend who shared with me did the same.
We gave my friends sister £5000 and as she suffers from angina we paid for her to see private consultants as thanks for the numbers.
Now 5 months down the line we are getting phone calls, threats and on 1 networking site the abuse an foul language is getting so bad we have had to remove ourselves.
This is because the numbers girl has told ppl she is entitled to half.
She has said some very nasty things and continues to do so by making very silly aqusations and saying she is contacting the police.
All this is from my friends sister who is also getting the same abuse.
Do i get a solicitor? Do i go to the police. this woman is crazy and to be honest im not sure now what she or the ppl she knows are capable of.
Half of the money is a lot when she didnt even offer to give half for the ticket in the first place.
I use the online lottery and my numbers had run out. While i was picking numbers i asked a few friends to throw some random numbers my way. My friends sister said "why dont u put them numbers on that i dreamt yrs ago?" saying that she`s had good luck and the ppl she has given the numbers to had won money.
I put the numbers on for 2wks sat an wed. I said to my friends "If i hit the jackpot girls i`ll see u all right"
On the wednesday eve i got a call from the girl who dreamt the numbers saying that i had won.
At the time i lived in a rented house and was in a bit of dept so i paid off the lot and bought a brand new house, i also invested a large amount in shares.
My friend who shared with me did the same.
We gave my friends sister £5000 and as she suffers from angina we paid for her to see private consultants as thanks for the numbers.
Now 5 months down the line we are getting phone calls, threats and on 1 networking site the abuse an foul language is getting so bad we have had to remove ourselves.
This is because the numbers girl has told ppl she is entitled to half.
She has said some very nasty things and continues to do so by making very silly aqusations and saying she is contacting the police.
All this is from my friends sister who is also getting the same abuse.
Do i get a solicitor? Do i go to the police. this woman is crazy and to be honest im not sure now what she or the ppl she knows are capable of.
Half of the money is a lot when she didnt even offer to give half for the ticket in the first place.
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Ask her to dream up the next winning numbers and you will put £1 on these for a year and give her the tickets so that she can claim the lot."If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools"
Extract from "If" by Rudyard Kipling0 -
If this is for real...
She didnt buy the ticket, so no claim.
If you hadn't set up a "syndicate" she has no claim.
You have already rewarded her by giving cash and paying for medical treatment.
I can see why shes upset, but you;ve done enough. She shouldn't have told you her "dream numbers" without paying a share of the ticket, esp as she told you to use them!"It's official, MSE's harbouring total fruitcakes">^..^<0 -
Get a solicitor, you can afford it..................
....I'm smiling because I have no idea what's going on ...:)0 -
If this is for real...
She didnt buy the ticket, so no claim.
If you hadn't set up a "syndicate" she has no claim.
You have already rewarded her by giving cash and paying for medical treatment.
I can see why shes upset, but you;ve done enough. She shouldn't have told you her "dream numbers" without paying a share of the ticket, esp as she told you to use them!
thanks nessy and unfortunatly it is for real. its true about money not bringing u happiness.
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She's jealous because she didn't get round to putting her money where her mouth was and bitter because the numbers came up. Ultimately it is greed on her part that she now wants more. Not sure how you deal with her though.What goes around comes around.....I hope!0
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If she was so sure about the numbers being lucky why didn't she use the numbers herself as well?
Maybe you should take some screenshots of anything that has been written on your social networking page, also get an answering machine and either screen the calls or if she ( or someone else) calls and threatens you, then you can record the conversation.
I understand that she is disappointed and perhaps feels that she deserved more of a share, however that doesn't make it ok to threaten someone.0 -
congratulations on your win!
she didn't buy the ticket, she didn't stake her money so she really is not entitled to a penny
you gambled your money and it paid off
i would out her as a moneygrabber on FB .. have you confronted her?
well done again
could you lend me a fiver please?£608.98
£80
£1288.99
£85.90
£154.980 -
just when you think you have heard it all. why didn't this woman do the numbers herself ? absolute madness this is, if this is the case try these numbers 11 21 22 34 39 45 & if they come up ( ONE DAY ) post my half to me thanks
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