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[Justacatindisguise]

Ancestry stuff

Sorry if this is a bit jumbled, had to work backwards.

- Samantha Jade Cookes, mother's maiden name Williams, birth registered in Gloucester December 1988, could mean November birthday to match her company records. A cousin and someone who apparently knew her growing up (will call him Tiktok John) say this is her, birthday November 1988.
- Samantha Cookes is in Gloucester until 2008, when she shows up in York University halls. The Samantha Cookes who pulled the surrogacy scam dropped out of York Uni in her first year, 2008. I do believe the part about her losing her baby as evidence must have been submitted in her court case. There is, unsurprisingly, no public record of her after 2008.
- Cousin says she's the one that went missing 2013 and ended up in Ireland.
- The only other Cookes with mother's maiden Williams in Gloucester is indeed a younger brother. I'll not name him for privacy reasons, he's nothing to do with this. No sisters. This is what her cousin and Tiktok John say.
- Tiktok John says her dad's name was Les and he died a few years ago. There is indeed a record for a Leslie Cookes in Gloucester, about the right age, died 2016. His middle name is the same as the possible little brother but it is a very common one. I found his brother's name and an obituary names all the people I came across on my Facebook travels.
- Leslie Cookes married a Williams in 1987. As above, had Samantha in 1988 and a younger brother.
- Leslie Cookes married a Smith in 1970. They had two sons and I've found them both via the cousin's Facebook. These would be the two older half brothers people are giving the cousin shit about in tiktok comments - she originally said Samantha only had a younger brother as the half brothers are older and never lived with her. Ancestry puts them as teenagers when Samantha was born so this seems legit to me.
- There is no Carrie Cookes at all. Anywhere. There were a few Carolines born in the 1800s.
- The only Carrie Williams in Gloucester had a different mother, was born August 1983 and death registered the same quarter.
- There's one Carrie Williams with mother's maiden name Williams born in Shropshire but she's too young and I can't link her to any of the rest of them. It's quite a common name in Wales and along the English side of the border.

It's 100% all the same person and hopefully her family can be left out of it now.

 

[saltandvinegarcrisps]

I thought she said she was adopted so didn't know her family history and now she had a sister who looks the same as her? Same middle name and different last name? Seems like a massive con to me

 

[IAlreadyDespiseYou]

This is all a con. She has scrambled to explain. She’s forgotten who she’s told what too and has realised she’s digging herself deeper.
I’m pissed off. I tweeted for her and left supporting comments on her insta and signed her petition.
This doesn’t help disabled people or their rights, it just makes people question if someone is genuine or not.
She needs mental health help.

 

[femmegirly]

It’s possible that she was Samantha Cookes and did some batshit things 10 years ago. But it could also be true that she had issues with an Airbnb user and has huntingtons. It’s not all or nothing.

 

[Squittel]

Someone on Reddit has said they contacted St. John’s Theatre where she is Writer-in-Chief and they have confirmed to them that “she is indeed faking it all.”

I find that more unbelievable than this whole saga. Like how does that conversation go? A direct message on Instagram like “Hey, is ur writer in chief a fraud? Love from a complete stranger x” “Yeah, hun we can confirm she faked EVERYTHING ”

 

[Tabitha D]

Re that statement: that has convinced me there is no legal team involved. She says she’s writing it on the advice of her lawyers and makes vague legal threats. But it is very poorly written, and there is no way that a solicitor would have OK’d that wording.
Making legal threats is a common tactic when people want things to go away (see also: Alex Bellfield, Jack Monroe, etc.).

 

[femmegirly]

I think this is all dying down now. This forum and the Reddit are quiet. The only people I see still posting about it on TikTok are krissie and Bangor. Samantha/Carrie hasn’t made a peep since the statement and is probably now living in Aberdeen wearing glasses and a fake moustache and calling herself Angus McWilliams. The newspaper article isn’t coming. Krissie and Bangor are deluded if they think it is.

It was a wild ride while it lasted

 

[Deeznutslol]

STATEMENT — 1820 things change the world

www.1820things.com

Statement just posted on her website!!!

What a load of shit. There’s no way she has received any legal advice, she’s trying to cover it all up ‘swear it wasn’t me, it was actually my evil twin!’

 

[Squittel]

This is all a con. She has scrambled to explain. She’s forgotten who she’s told what too and has realised she’s digging herself deeper.
I’m pissed off. I tweeted for her and left supporting comments on her insta and signed her petition.
This doesn’t help disabled people or their rights, it just makes people question if someone is genuine or not.
She needs mental health help.

I agree 100%. People are saying that those who are now doubting her story are ableist and just looking for a reason to bring down a disabled person but for me it’s the complete opposite. I 100% believed her on all of it and I know that makes me seem naive but I did. I was outraged. I even had my own tiktok video read to go in my drafts because I have a very small tiktok following as a result of some popular videos I’ve made.

I believed her completely because people ARE sometimes shit to disabled people. I started this thread because I was so touched by her plight. I never looked for any reasons to not believe a disabled person or to be ableist.

I in no way want to harass or bully or encourage anyone else to do so, but I am pissed off and I want answers. I’ve been commenting and supporting her since day one when her first video on the matter popped up on my FYP. People are now suggesting that anyone asking questions is ableist and I’m just not about that.

I’m sure I won’t receive any of the answers I’d like to and that’s fine but I’m in this rabbit hole now along with everyone else and I feel like there’s been significant dishonesty from her, particularly with the statement today and the sister thing. I do have thoughts about the Huntington’s thing but out of respect I am trying not to speculate on it further.

 

[Idntknow]

This is like an 8 part bbc drama where theres 6 peoples lives all intertwined and it only makes sense on episode 8 that its all been the same person.
Am mega confused, and all I can think is this is why you don’t fuck with cats @Justacatindisguise the research is top notch

 

[welshy101]

I also want to add this review, they state that she helped with their luggage. If she has trouble walking and using her hands etc then how could she help with luggage?

 

[Greatbutton]

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I also want to add this review, they state that she helped with their luggage. If she has trouble walking and using her hands etc then how could she help with luggage?

Not only that but it backs up some of the things the other review from the "suing" people. She is extremely strict about quiet time, in particular, showers which they mentioned in their review. I have say her "They were 3 hours late to check in", made me chuckle. Check in has no set time, airbnb host or hotel. Just be there after x.

It seems from the other reviews is, if the guest does absolutely anything she doesn't like she shows them somewhere to stay which obviously is expensive as it is last minute and basically forces them to behave how she wants them to.

I have been following this from the start and been quite suspicious about it. She seems to have gotten more wild with the things she is saying as she has gotten more attention. I'm also not so sure I believe she has huntingdon's. A lot about her diagnosis process didn't make sense, for example, she said it runs in the family but she was misdiagnosed for a long time. If it runs in the family, they would test for it.

 

[Seeing_the_light]

I don’t like to pick apart disability stuff but I also find that very odd. That would be incredible to be able to learn braille as an adult after losing 70% of your temporal lobe. She also often talked about her memory and hands but never spoke about vision problems either in all of her tiktok videos. Not that someone has to disclose all of their symptoms. It’s only at the point that all of this has come out I’m reflecting back

At the risk of 'outing' myself here... I have a 30 year background in SEN education, both in adult disability provision, Acquired Brain Injury, and in Speech, Language & Communication provision. I have experience of Munchausens and Munchausens by Proxy.

I got caught up following Carrantha initially because, as a disability advocate, I was horrified at her reported experiences through Airbnb. I was fully prepared to fight on her behalf.

Very quickly I had an uncomfortable feeling - claims of the rapid deterioration of the brain concurrent with spectacular learning of new difficult skills (braille) didn't add up. Reports of losing the ability to read, but clearly reading quickly and fluently from notes didn't add up. And then came claims of having personally, rapidly and successfully developed AAC software that the SLT community either uses already, or would kill for...

I had a real inner battle- I'm a fierce supporter of the disability community and to feel doubt rising was horrible. But moreso, I am sickened that anyone might use a false mask of disability for clout.

As I thought about it more and examined what the motive might be, it seemed there was little to no financial scam involved - I understand there may be issues now around orders being filled but honestly that's probably a by-product of all this distraction.

It all seems to revolve around a deep need for attention and validation, and likely stems from the tragic loss of her baby to SIDS. I can only imagine the ways in which my heart and mind would shatter in that situation and truly, my heart hurts for her

She seems desperately trapped now, creating the sister statement, but it's made things worse and the tiktok witch hunt is in full flow.

So... yeh. Who knows how this is going to pan out. But deep down, I kind of want to give her a hug. Weird.

 

[welshy101]

I’m sorry but this new statement absolutely clarifies to me that she is lying.

She’s saying she had no idea of her sisters past, now let’s say she was adopted and only recently found her biological family. Im adopted myself and found my biological family, I do not now use my biological surname, or my biological mums surname I use the name my adoptive parents gave me because they’re my parents in my eyes and in the eyes of the law. Also when both looking for my family and after finding them I used the internet to do this, all it took to find this Samantha’s past was a simple google search so she’s saying she never googled her own sister?! I call bullshit on that!

So let’s now say she wasn’t adopted but simply didn’t have contact with her sister, surely again at some point she’d have googled her to find her or have heard of her past through other family members?

Also she’s now admitted that this Samantha is her sister, Samantha went missing in 2013 and was found in Ireland which is where Carrie moved, she said in one of her videos she’d lived in Ireland for 10 years. I remember it because her accent kept changing during a video and someone asked her why and she said it was because she’d lived there for 10 years so it had rubbed off on her. So how strange that her sister moves to Ireland at the very same time she does but she knows nothing of her again I call bullshit!

 

[WhatABore]

Most of them aren’t being particularly kind themselves when they’re being argumentative in the comments to those on the opposite side of the fence.

Anyone who is questioning Carrie/Samantha are wrong, those who say they know her or have experience with this terminal illness need to provide proof or they’re liars (yet Carrantha’s shown zero proof of anything she’s said, but that’s ok).

As it stands, if they’re right they’re right. And if they’re wrong they’re right - can’t win!!!!!

I got a horrible comment back on tiktok when I replied to a comment about Samantha showing up on Ansestery and no Carrie.

"Maybe you should consider if your life is valuable enough to be on this planet if you're questioning what a disabled person has said, because I'd say it's not"

It's okay for them to be horrible to everyone else but doubting a possible fraudster is wrong just because she's disabled

 

[Bima6694]

I might really regret posting this is if it all comes out as true but...

Her videos kept appearing on my fyp since day 1, I think I only watched half of the first vid and immediately thought it was over the top with the crying etc and sounded like bullshit. I've scrolled past every single one since cause I just didn't believe this would happen over a doorbell. Feeling very pleased with my gut feeling today!

Again, this will be a dirty delete if it's true but I really don't think it is!

 

[brntxxloz98]

I wouldn’t say it’s a witch hunt and all of the evidence I’ve seen checks out. I think people tend to forget that a scam isn’t always for monetary benefit… remember that Australian lady who lied about having a brain tumour for years on Instagram? Seems eerily similar to what we are seeing play out here. This woman is unstable and needs professional help

 

[femmegirly]

On the surface this ‘scam’ wasn’t outwardly for financial gain due to her not having a go fund me. However, her online shop (which was created in July this year conveniently when she started her tiktok) has sold lots of sensory items to tiktokers. I’ve seen a few on my fyp who claim to have sent her hundreds of pounds for items they haven’t received.
THAT is the scam.

 

[I'm not Putin]

of course they would im so sick of this narrative of oh shes got a disabillity so we cant call her out incase she goes and kills herself

i am sorry i am part of the disabled community myself and you know what disabillity or not if you do somthing shitty you should be called out for it it does not make you abelist to call someone out because they have a disabillity its called accountability

 

[Popolly]

She is a scammer people who knew her under different aliases have identified her and she blocked all her tiktok comments. Maz pugsley on tiktok has a video up with 100k views outing her. Freckles, moles teeth all match the original name. This story is so Farfetched I don't know how anyone believed it