MORE than 6,600 Premium Bond prizes worth more than £295,000 have yet to be claimed in Cambridgeshire.
A woman from the region with just £1 invested in Premium Bonds is still due to receive £1,000 after failing to claim a prize she won in May 1998.
The oldest unclaimed prize, worth £25, dates back to October 1966.
There is no time limit for claiming prizes and each unclaimed prize is held until the rightful winner can be tracked down.
Jill Waters, NS&I’s Operations Manager, said: “It is likely that the winner of the £1,000 prize is unaware or she has forgotten that she has Premium Bonds.
“Prizes often become unclaimed as a result of people moving house, or forgetting that Bonds have been bought for them as a child, or executors are unaware the Bonds are held when someone dies”.
You can check if you have won by going to www.nsandi.com and using the website’s Premium Bonds prize checker.
You can also write to NS&I, quoting your name and address, any former names and addresses, date of birth and your Premium Bond holder’s number.
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