I’ve had to borrow money to feed my kid after Barclays claimed I owed them £1m – they LAUGHED when I told them
AN OnlyFans mum has told how she was forced to borrow money to feed her kid after Barclays claimed she owed £1million.
Chantelle Howarth, 26, was horrified when £500,000 went out her account, and saw another £500,000 go when she was in a bank speaking with staff about it.
She alleged that staff in the Barclays branch laughed when she told them about problem – and have since failed to tell her what happened.
The mum has now so far borrowed more than £200 from friends and family to cover bills and food for her, her partner and their son, eight.
But some bills have already bounced back. She also said she is now working “non-stop” on her OnlyFans account to try claw back money.
Chantelle, of South Yorkshire, told The Sun: “It was absolutely shocking. I didn’t have an overdraft – I have never had one in my life.
“I went on as you do to pay what I was paying and saw my savings had minus £500,000. It didn’t even show the transaction where this had come from.
“It was scary. I had been saving that money for a mortgage.
“I just thought it was something wrong with the bank. I called them straight away and was on the phone for an hour and a half.”
Chantelle, who makes up to £6,000 a month on OnlyFans, reckons it is her work on the site that has caused the screw-up.
She said: “I can’t help but feel this has something to do with it. I had never had anything like this before, but as soon as I started making money this happens.
“I put a video on TikTok and other models were saying they have had similar experiences.”
She had to wait three days over the New Year bank holiday period before she could visit the bank – working overtime on TikTok to bring customers over to her saucier OnlyFans content.
“I don’t know if I’m going to get this money back so I was on live on TikTok. I thought I was going to have to get more people in.”
On Tuesday she finally visited the bank, at which point her problems doubled in size.
Chantelle said: “I explained what happened, showed them my bank and they laughed and couldn’t believe it.
“He left me in the room and said he would deal with it.
“I then went to look at my current account and all of a sudden that was £500,000 overdrawn too. I thought ‘surely not’. It was unbelievable.
“I panicked and thought ‘at least I’m in the bank’ – it’s like having a heart attack but being in the hospital.”
But staff at the bank did little to ease Chantelle’s concerns.
She said: “A manager came in and was really stern and said ‘we can’t give you any information.
“It felt like she was withholding information from me and was not sympathetic at all.
“I said I have bills coming and she said I should set them up with someone else because they’re not going to come out of my account with that balance.”
The mum only is now living off the little money that boyfriend and business partner Matthew Siraki, 38 has in his account.
“We have got £60 in his account with the price of gas and electric at the moment, that’s nothing.
“They have given me nothing to do – we are going to have a rely on family. My VAT next month is due and it’s £6,000.”
Barclays said: “Due to customer confidentiality we are unable to share any further information.”