"I need everyone to stop saying congratulations. They say I'm lying.Īnother picture of the inside of the home (Image: The interior) Loretta added: "People have got in touch with me saying congratulations, but I say 'don't congratulate me because I didn't win. The teacher went on to say she received messages and was approached in the street after the announcement video. I entered it thinking this could be a new start, maybe it might happen." She added: "All we're trying to do is get out of this property. Loretta and her husband desperately wanted to move away from their council home, which she said has 'horrible" mould'. "I was like 'right, thanks' and they said 'unfortunately because we didn't raise enough money I can't give you the house'." Loretta claimed she was told the £5,000 could be transferred straight to her bank account. Met Office weather warning as huge wall of rain to batter UK for 12 hours.Man in hospital with serious injuries after being hit by car in city smash.Loretta, who wished to withhold her surname, said: "Two people came and they said 'yes you've won' and I was like 'yes, where are my keys?' And they told me I hadn't won the house but I had won a grand prize of £5,000. It reads: ".she and her husband have been looking to buy their first home together! We’re so happy for you both and wish you all the best for your next chapter," followed by an emoji of a house. The winner announcement video was accompanied by a statement. Loretta appeared elated in the video when she heard she had won a prize.
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Packages offered ranged from 15 entries for £10 to 1000 entries for £350, with the option of one free postal entry. The prize draw, which ran between March and August, said people could win a six-bedroom four-storey villa. Win My Home did not respond when contacted for comment. They said they spent almost £200,000 on 'marketing costs' and were unable to process Visa payments 'for a long time'. In emails seen by Nottinghamshire Live, competition organisers claimed they had made a loss and awarded the £5,000 as a 'goodwill gesture'. The 35-year-old said: "It was heartbreaking because my property at the moment is a death trap, that's why I entered it." She had not seen the terms and conditions listed on the website which said if £2.5m of net sales are not reached then the winner will receive 50 percent of the net proceeds, NottinghamshireLive reports. READ MORE: Dentist shares disgusting reason you should never leave your toothbrush in the bathroom
Loretta thought she had scooped a £2m home in Nottingham's Park Estate but she was gutted when she told she would not be getting the house. She is then told "you're the winner of our Nottingham prize draw".īut she did not specify what Loretta had won. Loretta, from Radford, Nottinghamshire, was named as the winner of a prize draw in a video on Win My Home's website.Ī 55-second clip from the competition organisers shows a woman approach Loretta's home with a bunch of flowers. A woman who thought she had won a multi-million pound house has been left 'heartbroken' after getting just £5,000.
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