Mum thought she'd been scammed - but she really had won £60k

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It’s only natural to feel sceptical at the idea that you've landed a huge sum of money out of the blue. That’s exactly what happened to Cassandra Steel, from Prestwich, when she was told she had scooped a massive £58,823.

The sudden cash windfall left the 47-year-old in such disbelief that she initially believed the whole thing was a scam. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. But once she confirmed it was real, the ecstatic mum-of-two couldn’t wait to tell her rest of her family the amazing news. “It feels so surreal, but a brilliant surreal,” she said. “I’ve got some champagne in the fridge that we’ve saved for a special occasion and what better occasion than this. “I told my boss that I’d won the Postcode Lottery and he said, ‘It’s probably a scam’.

I can’t wait to go back in tomorrow and tell him that it’s not – I’ve won!” The accountancy firm payroll officer added, who surprised her husband and two young boys with the news after they returned home, says the money will go a long way. “£58,823 will do a lot for our family which is amazing,” she added. “We can finally finish of our house extension.

We haven’t been able to complete it as we didn’t have the money, and now we can. And we’ll have more time to have fun with the kids. “We can go on a family holiday abroad which we’ve not been on for over six years.