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We've all forgotten to check our junk inboxes.
While usually, it's just spam, every now and then something really important can land there.
One woman who'll definitely never forget to check her junk again is Laura Spears.
The Michigan resident is thanking her lucky stars after stumbling upon an email from state lottery officials in her junk - informing her she'd won an eye-popping $3 million.
In an account of her win by Michigan Lottery, the 55-year-old recalled how she bought a Mega Millions ticket after seeing on Facebook how high the jackpot had gotten.
She didn't think much further of it, and it was only a few days later when she was looking for an unrelated email in her spam folder that she discovered the happy news.
"That’s when I saw an email from the Lottery saying I had won a prize. I couldn’t believe what I was reading, so I logged in to my Lottery account to confirm the message in the email," Spears said.
"It’s all still so shocking to me that I really won $3 million!" she added.
Spears matched five white balls in the December 31 2021 draw, entitling her to a $1 million jackpot. But thanks to the Megaplier, the prize was multiplied to a staggering $3 million.
Oakland County resident Spears has big plans for her winnings, which she's going to share with her family and use to retire early.
As for her spam email folder, she's taking some precautions to make sure she doesn't miss important emails in the future,
"I definitely added the Michigan Lottery to my safe senders list just in case I ever get lucky enough to receive another email about a huge prize," she said.
Meanwhile, others have been joking on social media that Spears' story is exactly the sort of thing someone trying to get you to open spam emails would say.
"Scammers gon love this," one person tweeted.
"This sounds like an article written by a scammer tryna get you to check your spam folder for a prize," added another.
"I know what my next phishing pretext is going to be!" joked a third.
