A father of two in the United Kingdom has won a home in Devon worth about $2.5 million — but he almost missed his lucky shot at winning when he nearly ignored the phone call about it.
A dad in the United Kingdom who won a home worth £2M — or about $2.5 million in U.S. dollars — nearly missed out because he thought he was getting a spam call as opposed to the real thing. Simon Williams, 41, scooped up the latest "Omaze Million Pound House Draw" in the U.K. — a beautifully renovated cottage in Devon, according to SWNS, the British news service.
He thought it was a spam call. The aircraft engineer bagged an additional £100,000, or over $121,000, in cash to spend, too. Originally from Kent, Williams has lived in his current three-bedroom house in Sussex for 15 years, SWNS said. He has two daughters who are still at home. He said, "I got a call at work from a number I didn’t recognize.
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