Oblivious lottery jackpot winner dodged ‘scam’ phone calls
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A woman dodged phone calls for days before finding out she had won $70,000 on the lottery.
The Australian woman, who has been trying to win the lottery for the past 10 years, continuously snubbed phone calls informing her that she had won the jackpot.
She had purchased the winning ticket on February 25 but confessed that she had forgotten to check whether she had won the cash prize.
The woman told UPI News: “I received some phone calls and emails straight after the draw, but I didn’t recognize the phone number or email, so I didn’t answer or take any notice! I said to myself, ‘It’s definitely a scam.’’
The unnamed women dismissed the calls for several days before deciding to check on the lottery’s website.
She revealed: “I ignored the phone calls and emails for a few days, and then, eventually, I decided to log in to my online The Lott account. It all started to make sense when I discovered I’d won.”
The woman has said that she’s still thinking about what to do with her prize money.
In WA, Sandgropers’ lotto luck is showing no sign of running out, with another two West Aussies taking out division one wins this week.
Two players pocketed $1 million each from Monday night’s Lotto draw.
There were three division one winning tickets sold across the nation, with the other from New South Wales.
One of WA’s winners was sold from Wellard Square News & Gift Newspower, while the other was sold online.
That brings WA’s tally of division one wins for 2022 to a whopping 14, in just the first two months of the year.
