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Thursday, 27 June 2013

Is this the face of the mystery 18- year- old who won 22 million pound jackpot ?


Teenager Euromillions winner: Is this mystery 18-year-old who landed £22m jackpot?


Posing in front of a fleet of supercars worth twice as much as an average family home, he seems to have it all

But for a man who thinks nothing of showing off his seemingly vast wealth on social media, Aleem was yesterday at pains to stress he was NOT the mystery teenager who scooped £22million on the Euromillions lottery last March – even though his family and friends insist the exact opposite.
Aleem took to Twitter yesterday to deny he had landed the massive windfall, which would make him the biggest teen lottery winner in Britain.
A £22million victory would more than double the £9,736,000 netted by self-proclaimed King of Chavs Michael Carroll – who won aged 19 but blew his fortune on drink and drugs.
So far, teen winners include Callie Rogers, of Cumbria, who won £1.9million in 2003 aged 16, and Ianthe Fullagar, also from Cumbria, who scooped more than £7million on the Euro­Millions in 2008 aged 18.
Tracey Makin, of Glengormley, Co Antrim, was another young Lottery winner, scooping £1million aged 16 in 1998.
But adamant he had not joined the club, Aleem insisted on Twitter yesterday: “I haven’t won £22million, I wish I did.”

Aleem Iqbal
Denial: Aleem Iqbal insists he's NOT the lottery winner
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Visitors to Aleem’s Facebook page are greeted by an image of the youngster in a bowtie and dinner jacket saluting in a Rolls-Royce bearing the ­registration plate: “1 ORD”.
He also boasts of his cars and wrote: “I got 99 ­problems and choosing which colour Lamborghini Aventador to drive today is one!”
On Twitter he called himself “Lord Aleem”, but insisted he only used the name to plug his YouTube channel.
He wrote: “In no way does the name refer to god or me trying to think I’m god.
"I have the number plate ‘1 ORD’ which reads Lord and people seem to get the wrong idea”.


The teen, who lives with his family in Solihull, Birmingham, was recently fined £95 after being caught using his mobile at the wheel of a £300,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom.
Dad Saleem Iqbal runs Platinum Executive Travel, which hires out Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini, Ferrari and Bentley models.
Saleem said of his son, who had been driving his own car and not a company vehicle at the time: “He was driving and was on his mobile phone, that’s it really.
"He’s a young man. He’ll learn in time.”
At a hearing before Solihull magistrates on June 13, Nichola Purches, prosecuting, said: “He accepts he was using his mobile phone. He said he was asking his father for directions.”
Aleem admitted using a mobile phone while driving. He was fined and given three points.