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2 Apr 2024
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Single mum targeted by cruel scammers pretending to be EuroMillions winners

Cruel scammers have targeted the debt-ridden single mum of a disabled young girl - by posing as millionaire lottery winners offering a helping hand.

Dympna McKenna, 47, believed she was chatting to Richard and Debbie Nuttall - who scooped £61million on the EuroMillions in January - over Facebook. She "bared her soul" and revealed she was desperate to find some help for her and her daughter Dakota, 10, and the £7,000 debt she is in.

She cried when the scammers offered her cash but later realised it was a lie and decided to play along. Now she wants to warn others who might not be aware it's a scam. Dympna, who is a full-time carer for her autistic daughter, said: "I bared my soul - that's why I'm mad. They are sat behind a computer."

"How can a person go from being an innocent baby to a monster? It's disgusting." Dympna, from Birmingham, has desperately trying to get out of debt for the last few years. She thought her prayers had been answered when a friend of a friend told her they'd been speaking with lottery winners Richard and Debbie, both 54, and said they might be able to help.

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