{"id":7380,"date":"2025-09-16T14:13:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T14:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/housewife-in-msia-wins-s1-8-million-lottery-prize-after-betting-on-numbers-from-spam-caller\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T14:13:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T14:13:42","slug":"housewife-in-msia-wins-s1-8-million-lottery-prize-after-betting-on-numbers-from-spam-caller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/housewife-in-msia-wins-s1-8-million-lottery-prize-after-betting-on-numbers-from-spam-caller\/","title":{"rendered":"Housewife in M\u2019sia wins S$1.8 million lottery prize after betting on numbers from spam caller"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Housewife wins lottery after betting on numbers from spam caller<\/h2>\n<p>In an unusual stroke of luck, a housewife in Perak, Malaysia, turned a nuisance call into a life-changing fortune after betting on the lottery using numbers from a spam caller.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Sun, the unnamed woman from Ipoh had initially ignored the call as it was an unfamiliar number.<\/p>\n<p>However, upon reviewing her missed calls, the numbers 4526 and 3106 in her call log caught her eye.<\/p>\n<p>Her instincts then led her to place a humble RM2 (S$0.61) on the digits during a recent Da Ma Cai 1+3D lottery draw.<\/p>\n<h3>Woman wins RM6 million jackpot prize<\/h3>\n<p>Unexpectedly, last Wednesday (10 Sept), the winning numbers earned her the jackpot prize of RM6,078,449 (S$1,851,497).<\/p>\n<p>Her unusual success story was later verified by Da Ma Cai on its official social media channels.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_654350\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><noscript><\/noscript>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p id=\"caption-attachment-654350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Da Ma Cai on Facebook<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The winner expressed utter surprise, saying she never anticipated anything to come out of her spontaneous decision to bet on the spam caller&rsquo;s number.<\/p>\n<p>While she is still trying to grasp her massive win, she has already committed to donating a portion of her prize money to charity, The Sun reported.<\/p>\n<h3>Experts warn against engaging with spam callers<\/h3>\n<p>Despite the housewife&rsquo;s success, experts emphasised that her win from using spam call numbers is an extraordinarily rare circumstance.<\/p>\n<p>They reminded people of the dangers of engaging with unknown callers, warning that scammers usually use spam calls to target potential victims for their fraudulent schemes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read: M&rsquo;sian man hits S$5.78M lottery jackpot with combination of hotel room &amp; car plate numbers<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"G12rJG8aTG\" readability=\"0\">\n<p>M&rsquo;sian man hits S$5.78M lottery jackpot with combination of hotel room &amp; car plate numbers<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/migrant-acquitted-in-first-trial-over-us-border-military-zones\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Migrant acquitted in first trial over US border military zones<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><em>Have news you must share? 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