A boyfriend has gone viral after tricking his girlfriend into thinking she’d landed a windfall on a scratchcard.
Patrick Bermigham, from Carlow, Ireland, filmed his partner Amy Keegan – who he’s described as a frontline worker – scratched away at a fake card he had found on Amazon.
Thinking she had won €50,000, an ecstatic Amy started to celebrate as Patrick kept the camera rolling, he told The Irish Mirror.
But after a few moments of joy, the key worker started reading the fine print, which revealed the prank, provoking Patrick’s hilarity as Amy started to hit him in the sides.
The joke later went viral after Patrick shared it on his Facebook account.
Patrick Bermigham, from Carlow, Ireland, filmed as he let his other half, Amy Keegan scratched away at a fake card he had found on Amazon (pictured: Amy scratching the card in the video)
In the video, the couple can be scratching one card each in Patrick’s car, while parked at a petrol station.
The boyfriend explained to the Mirror he’d bought a real card for himself at the station, and took out the fake one, which he had received from Amazon a couple of days earlier.
As Amy scratched away, her expression changed from neutral to excited as she realised she might have won ’50 grand.’
‘I think I won €50,000,’ she said, excitedly as Patrick gave a knowing look to the camera.
As Amy scratched away, her expression changed from neutral to excited (pictured) as she realised she might have won ’50 grand’
Laughing and celebrating, pictured, Amy said she had a dream about bringing good fortune, and that it was true
Amy started to celebrate, saying she had a ‘dream about the nits and that it’d bring good fortune’, adding she was about to faint.
But Amy face turned when she started to read the fine print on the card to see how she should claim her prize.
‘Claim forms should be completed in full and are exclusively available in your dreams… keep in a safe place so you always know where it is and remember the day you thought you won an absolute fortune,’ she read, before turning to Patrick in disbelief.
After reading the fine print, Amy’s face changed as she realised that the card was a fake one (pictured)
Thankfully for Patrick, Amy laughed at the prank, asking where he got the card and calling hom stupid (pictured)
Quietly scratching at first (left), Amy started to smile when the card turning into a winning one (right)
Patrick burst into hysterics, as a laughing Amy starts to kick his arm.
‘Is that a f******* joke,’ she asked, mildly annoyed.
‘Where did you get that,’ she screamed, as Patrick kept laughing uncontrollably.
The prankster later shared the video on his Facebook profile, where it quickly went viral, being watched more than 60,000 times and reaching 3,000 likes and 2.500 comments.
Patrick played along as an excited Amy showed him the card and said she had a dream about having good fortune
‘Caught Amy out lovely when she thought she won €50,000 on fake scratchcard,’ he wrote, sharing the post.
People thought the prank was hilarious but felt for Amy’s crushed dreams.
‘O god the poor girl,’ said one.
‘I’d murder ya, ya r goin to b on high alert until she gets ya back,’ said another.
‘I would have killed you,’ said one.
Amy commented on the post herself, jokingly writing: ‘Someone wake me up from this bad dream.’
Patrick shared the video on Facebook, where he collected more than 60,000 views and thousands of likes
Amy joked she was living in a bad dream as others said the prank was funny, but that they would have ‘killed’ Patrick in her place