$3 million richer: Woman’s spam email Lotto win turns out to be a real win!

Many of us don’t even bother to check our spam folder because it’s usually filled with a bunch of useless emails that aren’t really important. When we do, we ignore messages that claim we won large amounts of money because it usually turns out to be a scam. One woman found out that she won the lotto after making her way through her spam folder.

Lotto winner finds out after checking her spam emails!

Ladies and gentlemen, check your spam folder in your emails – you may just be the winner of a couple of lotto millions in there!

A US woman received the shock of her life after she found an email claiming that she had been the winner of a $3 million lotto jackpot.

Jacaranda FM reports that the woman was looking for a lost email in her spam folder when she came across the one that said she was a winner.

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Laura Spears, a 55-year-old from Oakland County in Michigan bought a Mega Millions ticket on the Michigan Lottery website in December last year and wasn’t aware that she had actually won.

Speaking to Sky News, she revealed how she was browsing through her spam mail when she saw that she had won:

“A few days later, I was looking for a missing email from someone, so I checked the spam folder in my email account. That’s when I saw an email from the lottery saying I had won a prize,” she told the publication.

Shock and disbelief

Laura said that she could not believe that she was the winner until the news was verified after she logged into her lottery app. She also added that she is still in shock.

“I couldn’t believe what I was reading, so I logged in to my lottery account to confirm the message in the email,” she added.

“It’s all still so shocking to me that I really won $3m,” she added.

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