Lucky winner Ed feared he’d been scammed after scooping £5k in our Sun Win competition just by sending a text

LUCKY Ed Lowden feared it was a scam when told he had won £5,000 in our Sun Win Competition just by sending a text.

The 64-year-old grandfather said: “I couldn’t believe it when I got the email saying I was the winner.

“I was suspicious, so I phoned the paper to make sure.

“When the call confirmed it I felt pretty smug and I bought a couple of nice bottles of wine to celebrate.”

Ed — who lives in Tattershall, Lincs, with wife Aileen, 62 — is our third big winner.

The retired transport supervisor said: “I’ve read The Sun for more than 30 years.

“I walk to our village shop every morning and read it over breakfast.

“Aileen persuaded me to enter and I grumbled about paying out £2 for the text because I never win anything.”

The couple had planned to be in Spain, but their holiday was cancelled due to Covid.

Ed added: “If we’d been there we might not have entered. It’s great something good came from it all.

“We’ll wait til lockdown’s over to see what to spend it on.

“Big thanks to The Sun for making this happen.”

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