A honest mum who was given £5,000 worth of scratchcards instead of perfume in a parcel mix up selflessly gave them back.
Alice Lynn, 23, had ordered two bottles of perfume online but was sent a box full of £1, £2, £3 and even £5 scratchcards.
She didn’t know what to do with them so called National Lottery HQ who joked she should scratch them all as did her mum.
But Alice, who lives in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, was worried that the postal worker who delivered them to her might lose his job for "something that wasn't his fault" so she gave them back.
She told The Sun: “It came to more than 3,000 cards, some for £1, then £2, £3 and even £5. All I could think was my package label must have got stuck on the cards’ box which was meant for the Spar."
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Alice said she realised that the box must have been destined for the Spar near her house .and the package label "must have got stuck on the cards' box".
She said: "I rang the Lottery and the woman said it might be a help if I took them to the shop. But then she shocked me by saying, if it was me I would have scratched the lot!"
Alice said when she handed the box in at Spar the worker thanked her and said they'd tell their boss.
The mum-of-one is saving for a home with partner Liam Ologbose and ten-week-old daughter Darcie but she said she is glad she handed them in.
“I did the right thing but there’s a part of me that thinks I could have been a millionaire," she said.
In as statement, Camelot said: "We’d like to thank Alice for her honesty."
