Scams are the order of the day, there are often notices from administrations such as the SEPE or Social Security alerting users that their identity is being impersonated through messages or emails to steal the data and bank accounts of Spaniards. so people become more and more distrustful, even when they win the lottery, and that’s what happened to a couple, who won a prize of nearly 100,000 euros and almost went without collecting it because they thought it was a scam.
And it is not surprising, because even one of the most anticipated draws of the year in our country, the Christmas Lottery, has been the hook that scammers have sometimes used to rob Spaniards, according to notices from the Police and Guard. Civil.
In the case of this British couple, They had won one of the most popular awards in their country, known as ‘Popular Postal Code Lottery’ in which participants play with the postal code number of their own home, and which has left stories as curious as that of a woman who discovered that her husband had been awarded more than 100,000 euros in this prize and had been hiding it from him.
The couple almost ignored the call thinking it was a scam
According to information published in the British media ‘The Sun’, the couple revealed that They almost ignored the call from the prize organization thinking it was one of the well-known telephone scams or a prank.
They were skeptical about the prize they had been told they would receive, until they talked to their neighbors.who were also participating in the draw with the same Postal Code and told them that they had indeed been the lucky ones. The couple was one of the 11 lucky ones to win the prize within their residential area, and they obtained a prize of 83,333 pounds (almost 100,000 euros).
As the couple recounts in the middle, everything seemed incredible, leading them to think that it was someone’s joke in bad taste. “I couldn’t believe it. At first I thought it was a scam and then I told my husband that someone was playing a bad joke on us,” the woman explained.
In the case of this couple, their suspicions of a joke or scam were unfounded and they were able to confirm that they had really received a prize that would change their lives. And after confirming it, they did not waste time and decided Treat yourself a little by booking a trip to Türkiye.
In addition, they explain to the media that the joy was shared with their neighbors and the triumph with others was “incredible”, and that everyone gathered to celebrate in the local pub in the town, something that the owner described as “fantastic” news . “There was a really nice atmosphere, we offered free prosecco to everyone to help them celebrate,” he explained, adding that “it’s nice to see lovely people making money.”