Could a £200 bonus ball payment really take months to trace?

[Missm68]

pay on a group every week for the bonus ball on sat it's £5 . my number came up in Feb, now the lady's saying she sent it but my bank had said no £200 came into my account. so the lady says it left hers but didn't go into mine, now she's saying it's could take months to sort it out . is she pulling my leg here I'm Lloyds she's Halifax bank. this the second time other time it was for £90
so I had page credit but I could do with the £200 .

ser @Missm68, stop sending money to this woman. Once you get your money from her, report to trading standards for running an illegal lottery.

Stop sending her money for a start. She can’t give you proof of the transaction because she did not send it. She didn’t send it before either.

OP I wouldn't give this woman your money. If she's paid you she can give you details of the payment so you can check with your bank. If she refuses say you need this to get your bank to investigate where the payment has gone. I don't think she's sent it and I imagine the whole thing is a scam. Pay her on PayPal only.

You are a total idiot. I don’t say this often but you deserve to lose this money because you are literally giving money to strangers with no safeguards.

You might as well be throwing fivers out of a car window.

You say you know her. Do you mean you actually know her in real life, like you have met her? Or do you mean you know her because for the last 6 years you have given her money and won prizes?
You do understand it’s a scam? She pays out for smal prizes and offers credit/ lies to get out of the bigger prizes.

I only pay her by PayPal anyway.ive been on her page for 6 years and it's only the second time anything like this has happened to me

she's not a stranger I know the girl as she's been to my home to drop my winnings off.many times in 6 years it's only the second time it's happened to me. she keeps telling me she will sort it but every time I msg her she just says banks on to it.

You're being scammed.

Paying by PayPal is real money.

She pays out small amounts to keep you playing and sending her more money.

Please don't send another penny. And report her to the police on the non urgent line.

This reply baffles me.
I'm not sure you know how PayPal works.

No matter how you transfer money to her it's still money in real terms, so just stop sending via PayPal....or any other means, and no being worried she won't then pay you your £200 is not an excuse to carry on paying her as it looks like that's not going to happen.

Can you make a claim via PayPal @op ? I'm not sure how it works since it's a betting type thing but you can raise a dispute perhaps which is the reason I asked.

page credit is where you don't pay. untill the money has run out so used if for my bonus ball payments.

a few ppl say she's late to pay out but eventually got it.

I'm trying to find out if her page is registered. I know she has a business account and her own private account but can't seem to find any information on her page etc

on weds the bonus ball are £2.50p a number and £5 per number on sat weds pays out £100. sat pays out £200.

Come on OP, have you actually read and understood anything which has been posted? This is an illegal lottery. She won't be "registered" in any way. Because it's illegal to offer gambling in this way. Paying a randomer through Paypal gives you no protection. You do not know her, she is a casual acquaintance. Good luck taking her to court.

Seriously.🙄

Wow, I thought this was going to be a work syndicate. Just play the national lottery or postcode lottery or something. This woman sounds scammy as hell.

still haven't got the money I msg her to say I will take you to small claims court she says do that cos it's less stress on me but how can I if I dont know her address ?

Of course you've not got the money.

You could ask the court for advice and see what they say. Please say you have reported this scammer to the police, and Facebook, and have stopped sending her money?

Tell her you’re going to report her page to the gambling commission unless she pays you

Are you still sending her money? If you are, you’re a fool and will lose more. Sorry, but you need to be told this.

You can’t take her to court when she didn’t keep her end of an illegal operation.

She might well get into trouble, but you’re not getting any money.

Do you understand that the "page credit" was a phoney? She is not playing your numbers on the actual lottery, so she didn't pay out that money. She is faking it and taking money from you. You should go to the Police and report this, you are vulnerable and she is taking advantage of you.

‘Only’ not paid you twice. That’s alright then.

Why don’t you just do the lottery yourself rather than PayPal someone on Facebook to bet on the bonus ball? It’s completely obvious that she isn’t going to give anyone any money at all if she wins a million pounds. I might start one of these pages myself.

Who'd have thought .... a scammer running an illegal gambling page turns out not to be 100% honest! I know! Outrageous.🙄

I'd like to think the OP has learned her lesson and is chalking it up to experience but I don't think the reality has sunk in.

Tell her to send you the proof that she has done it by 5 pm and her name and address as it is fraud and your bank and police need to investigate it and you need her name address and bank account details and a receipt for proof by 5 pm or you will assume she doesn’t want to sort this and you will go to the police