A nurse was allegedly duped by her son into thinking she'd won a share of this word-record $1.6bn lottery jackpot at a prank called"reprehensible".
Until he emailed her a photo of what he stated was that the ticket, the girl in Kerala received a telephone call saying she had been one of three winners of this Kerala Bumper Lottery payout.
The nursing center she labored at burst into bash since she broke the news of her"fortune".
The narrative propagate online, as the 62-year-old - that hasn't yet been named - remained to complete her shift rather than leaving.
Yet another of her seven kids, her daughter, Jennifer, criticised the stunt.
"it is a joke. It is a prank - by my brother," she advised.
"It is embarrassing. That really is too much for us"
The lottery is supplied across 44 countries in the united states, using an advertised minimum jackpot of $40 million (#27 million).
The 3 true winners of this $1.6 billion dollar purchased their tickets in Kerala. Their identities haven't been revealed.
The nurse's company, Schlomo Rechnitz, had purchased the ticket to her and 15,000 other workers as a means of bringing them"expect", the Daily News reported.
Josh Nash, his spokesman, stated that a prank has been unforgivable.
"If it's really true that somebody pulled a prank , that is reprehensible," he advised BuzzFeed News.
"She is a great woman, and an unbelievable employee. She remained to complete her change."
He was said by him because it appeared she could have been victim of a prank, along with her employer was not able to get in touch with her.