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These are the screenshots mysterious ‘cyber security expert’ Emese Fajk sent Channel Nine in a bid to prove she had paid for the winning house on The Block.
The documents can be revealed as show’s producer tells how the crew reached the gut-wrenching realisation Jimmy and Tam’s record sale would fall through.
Self-described cyber security consultant Ms Fajk insists she paid a $425,600 deposit to the Nine Network’s trust account on December 17, and a final settlement payment of $4,072,951 the next day.
Ms Fajk, who claims to have worked with the United Nations and Apple, sent two screen grabs to Nine allegedly showing the transfers from her ANZ Access Advantage account via the ‘Pay Anyone’ internet banking tool.
But despite Ms Fajk’s statements saying the funds transfer was ‘immediate’, the deposit never arrived and the final settlement failed on Monday.
Emese Fajk says she’s still hopeful she can fix the situation in the coming days – after her attempted purchase of The Block winners’ Jimmy and Tam’s home fell through
This is the screengrab of an ANZ bank transfer which Emese Fajk sent to Channel Nine as proof she had paid $4,072,951 to buy Jimmy and Tam’s property on The Block
This grab shows how she allegedly paid the deposit the day before – which still has not arrived with Nine
In a curious twist, ANZ customers have strict daily transaction limits of $25,000 for personal accounts and $1million from business accounts using the ‘Pay Anyone’ tool.
Those limits would seemingly prevent Ms Fajk’s alleged $4,072,951 payment or $425,600 deposit from going through.
Multiple sources noted property transactions don’t often involve direct internet banking transfers to Property Exchange Australia (PEXA) as Ms Fajk was attempting.
‘It’s like saying, here, I’ll pay you – I’ve sent the money to EFTPOS,’ one source said.
A separate source clarified that while direct deposits such as this do happen, they are very rare.
Daily Mail Australia put written questions to Ms Fajk and the Hungarian-born Ballarat woman said there was an innocent explanation for what had occurred.
‘As per my conveyancer’s instructions they were telegraphic transfers that take 3-5 days, as per ANZ’s website,’ she told the Daily Mail.
Jimmy and Tam are ‘gutted’ the property sale has fallen over – but won this year’s series of The Block regardless due to the second highest bid at the auction
The Queensland couple renovated the stunning 1950s home, transforming it into a luxury property
The home was praised for being bold and quirky and having ’50s flair scattered throughout
A conveyancer is a specialised lawyer who handles property transactions and Ms Fajk said her’s was no longer acting on her behalf as of Tuesday.
In social media posts, Ms Fajk has claimed the unnamed conveyancer was ‘clearly not up to this’.
Ms Fajk claimed she had only received instructions for how to carry out the settlement the day before she allegedly wired across more than $4million.
‘Settlement and payments were delayed and I acknowledged this. It was my mistake to trust other people without doing my own homework,’ she said.
‘I learned my lesson and I’m trying to rectify the situation.
‘Given the time of year and how certain things had to happen at the very last minute, this might take longer than I’d like. But I’d like this resolved ASAP, within a few days.’
‘We started to get a bit concerned’: How The Block’s crew realised Jimmy and Tam’s sale was falling through – leaving the winning couple gutted
The Block’s executive producer, Julian Cress, told Daily Mail Australia that Ms Fajk had signed the contract on the day of the auction.
She then appeared to transfer the deposit to Nine’s trust account in front of their lawyers.
‘Nothing was amiss at that point,’ Mr Cress said.
‘But I guess we started to get a bit concerned a few days’ later when the transfer didn’t complete and the money didn’t arrive.’
Afterwards, The Block contacted Ms Fajk through her legal representatives and received documents showing the money had allegedly been transferred.
‘Sadly the money didn’t arrive,’ Mr Cress said.
‘We knew probably a couple of weeks ago that things were amiss.’
The Block winners Jimmy and Tam have been forced to put their home back on the market after its buyer failed to pay up
Ms Fajk failed to meet The Block’s critical deadline of Monday for the final funds transfer.
Mr Cress said the property purchase falling through had been devastating for Jimmy and Tam.
‘They’re pretty gutted. Obviously it’s not the Christmas they were hoping for,’ he said.
‘But they’ve built an incredible house in the face of Covid and they’re not wilting flowers and they’ll bounce back.
‘They’ve got a lot to proud of, they built an incredible home and we still have that home and now it’s for sale.’
Nine has confirmed Jimmy and Tam are still the winners of The Block 2020 due to the previous unsuccessful bid entered by philanthropist Danny Wallis.
Fajk, 28, with the couple after winning the auction last month. Jimmy and Tam told A Current Affair how they watched the finale with Ms Fajk and a bottle of wine
Mr Wallis bought three of the homes for sale at auction day and could still be a contender when the home hits the market again.
Mr Cress said he was confident the house will have some keen buyers now that everyone knows it’s available again – and know its purchase price.
Meanwhile, Ms Fajk is working with a new solicitor and firm and said she’s planning to ‘re-engage in a conversation about purchasing the house’.
Asked if Ms Fajk could still buy the home, Mr Cress said: ‘If she has $4.2million, sure.
‘That would certainly go a long way to showing she was serious about purchasing the house.
‘It’s Christmas. Miracles do happen.’ That said, he isn’t hopeful.
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