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I have £227k frozen in an account

61 replies

Lilyflame · 11/02/2025 15:44

and I just need to deposit £500 to access it!
bitcoin that I forgot about

I’ve told them 5 times that I don’t believe them, they keep calling me!

OP posts:
Elderflower14 · 11/02/2025 16:02

Block the number!!

PublicEmployLtd · 11/02/2025 16:04

Can I help? I'm going to have a lot of money temporarily whilst I help my new royal family friends. Shall I ask if they mind lending a few hundred?

Theunamedcat · 11/02/2025 16:05

Ask kier starmer for a loan he is always good for a few quid

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MedusaAndHerFavourites · 11/02/2025 16:06

If you're looking for worthy causes that money would help me to set up my Luxe Mouse Sanctuary for mice who survive cat attacks...

letthemeatcakes · 11/02/2025 16:09

Have a look in a landfill site, there might some more bitcoin ,ting around. Maybe we could have a whip-round to buy it for you OP.

TinyMouseTheatre · 11/02/2025 16:09

Odd that you wouldn't even have 3 whole Bitcoins. Do they sell them in fractions?

iknowimcoming · 11/02/2025 16:13

So annoying isn't it - I'm constantly forgetting about vast sums of cash I have lying around - I blame the menopause Grin

Nn9011 · 11/02/2025 16:14

This is absolutely a scam, did you have a scam previously where you paid money and didn't get it back?

Apileofballyhoo · 11/02/2025 16:15

Ask them to lend you the £500 and you'll give them £5000 when you get the money.

Overtheatlantic · 11/02/2025 16:15

And some poor person is going to fall for it ☹️

Gloriainextremis · 11/02/2025 16:17

Apileofballyhoo · 11/02/2025 16:15

Ask them to lend you the £500 and you'll give them £5000 when you get the money.

Genius.

Rockschooldropout · 11/02/2025 16:17

I’ll send you it .. but I’m going to send £1000 .. just send me the extra £500 back as soon as I tell you I’ve sent £1000 (that I definitely haven’t sent in the first place ) 🤣

Lilyflame · 11/02/2025 16:25

I so want to believe that I bought bitcoin in 2017 and forgot about it

OP posts:
PlanningTowns · 11/02/2025 16:26

Just buy the whole landfill site?

Threewheeler1 · 11/02/2025 16:29

MedusaAndHerFavourites · 11/02/2025 16:06

If you're looking for worthy causes that money would help me to set up my Luxe Mouse Sanctuary for mice who survive cat attacks...

No, no, no, I think OP needs to take a look at helping my inland UK manatee rescue centre, I'm inundated at the moment.
Probably going to need a 'therapy' centre for them, with 5 bed house and swimming pool on site...

FadedRed · 11/02/2025 16:29

There an African Prince who could lend you the money, Op, once he’s put it in my account…

Gloriainextremis · 11/02/2025 16:36

Oh I dunno. I mean, there's thousands of us on MN. We could all put 10p into the OP's GoFundMe account, and we'd all be quids in.

Provided we can trust the OP to share the bounty when it arrives, of course. There's some funny people about.

Starlight1984 · 11/02/2025 16:43

Oh god I HATE it when I can't access the quarter of a million pounds that I had completely forgotten I had! What a nightmare!

TheLargestToblerone · 11/02/2025 16:44

You silly goose forgetting all about your bitcoin. I'm so glad I only forget why I'm in a room.

backslashruby · 11/02/2025 16:45

£227K? Peanuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't get out of bed for less than a few million. In fact I'm just waiting for that lovely US army captain to get over here with the £54 million he's just found in Syria. We're going to split it 60% for him and 40% for me. I can't wait.

Tonkall · 11/02/2025 16:46

Check down the back of the sofa - there might be more bitcoins down there...

Delphiniumandlupins · 11/02/2025 16:46

I used to hide sweets from myself when I was a child, in the hope that I would get a lovely surprise when I found them. I don't remember ever buying bitcoin so this could be mine not OP's

Threewheeler1 · 11/02/2025 16:48

Tonkall · 11/02/2025 16:46

Check down the back of the sofa - there might be more bitcoins down there...

I found a knitting needle down mine...could have been painful!

(Must clean more often/thoroughly)

vodkaredbullgirl · 11/02/2025 16:50
Season 1 Lol GIF by NBC

Oh dear

CarliLove35 · 11/02/2025 16:53

£227k isn't worth bothering about imho. I have 40 million great british pounds waiting for me, from my deceased uncle I didn't know I had. It should be hitting my bank account anyday, because I sent the £5K to authorise the transaction weeks ago.

Oh wait...