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What do you make of this message on Facebook?

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postmanshere · 20/06/2025 10:55

I’m in a local parents group on Facebook and a woman I gave some stuff away to has just messaged me the following message. I don’t know what to make of it. I never met her, just left a bag of kids stuff outside my house for her to collect about 6 months ago (may take a while for MN to approve photo).

What do you make of this message on Facebook?
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Elderflower14 · 20/06/2025 10:56

Does it break group rules? If so tell her you can't accept it.

SoScarletItWas · 20/06/2025 10:57

Ignore it. She doesn’t remember you (the blanket ‘my name is’), she’s just messaging everyone in her previous message, as you will be from when you gave her the stuff.

DiscoBob · 20/06/2025 11:03

I think you need to send her links to the council and how to try and get social housing.
There's just no way someone's just going to give some random woman a big house for below market value/rent. She must be very naive or very desperate.

I had one woman knocking on my door asking if I wanted to swap houses with her. I didn't really need to see her house to know the answer would be no!?

postmanshere · 20/06/2025 13:28

Elderflower14 · 20/06/2025 10:56

Does it break group rules? If so tell her you can't accept it.

No, but I did just check the group and she’s still in it. I thought maybe she’d been banned and that’s why she was asking me to post in the group.

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postmanshere · 20/06/2025 13:30

SoScarletItWas · 20/06/2025 10:57

Ignore it. She doesn’t remember you (the blanket ‘my name is’), she’s just messaging everyone in her previous message, as you will be from when you gave her the stuff.

That’s a good point about her name. Makes me feel a bit better thinking that she’s probably made the same request to other people as well and I haven’t somehow given her the impression that I am uniquely placed to help her.

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postmanshere · 20/06/2025 13:32

DiscoBob · 20/06/2025 11:03

I think you need to send her links to the council and how to try and get social housing.
There's just no way someone's just going to give some random woman a big house for below market value/rent. She must be very naive or very desperate.

I had one woman knocking on my door asking if I wanted to swap houses with her. I didn't really need to see her house to know the answer would be no!?

I actually had someone turn up at my house once with suitcases and when I opened the door they looked at me expectantly and then tried to move in! They were actually moving into flat number 22 (not my real house number, but let’s pretend it is) and mine was house 22. We were all very confused.

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DiscoBob · 20/06/2025 13:54

postmanshere · 20/06/2025 13:32

I actually had someone turn up at my house once with suitcases and when I opened the door they looked at me expectantly and then tried to move in! They were actually moving into flat number 22 (not my real house number, but let’s pretend it is) and mine was house 22. We were all very confused.

At least it wasn't because they'd been scammed.

My mate turned up with all his belongings having paid a deposit for a flat, only to find six others doing the same but the person who took the money wasn't the owner. They were left out on the street.

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