People's Postcode Lottery 'winner' has 'dreams dashed' by letter on doormat

A People's Postcode Lottery "winner" has been left devastated by a package he received in the post. The TikTok user has gone viral with an account of how he wrongly assumed he'd won the People's Postcode Lottery - only to be hit with a deflating package.

Chris Cork, from Greater Manchester, got excited after he thought he had won "a lot of money"only to have his hopes dashed. In the caption of the video, which has gained more than 60,000 likes, Chris wrote: "I am a Peoples Postcode Lottery WINNER... well I thought I was!!!"

He continued: "I've been doing the People's Postcode Lottery for eight years. The postman just knocked on my door, gave me this, which is quite big. Sealed. I thought I f***** done it." He went on and said: "I've won a lot of money.

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"Look out the door to see if there was a camera crew there or Daniel was there, nobody was there. I thought it says 'share your win'. As I peeled that back, a little bit of excitement creeps in." He continued: I thought this could be a cheque. If you look at the size of that, it looks like a cheque could be in there.."

"You will never guess what I have won," he continued, explaining what the parcel contained. Laughing, he read the letter and said: "Congratulations. You've won to set a f***** handmade soaps. I mean, they don't even smell nice.

"F*** sake! Why do you need that for two little soaps? I played it eight years and they've never, ever done anything like that. Soaps or anything." Clearly irritated, he fumed in view of his TikTok followers and fans: "I went from a cheque, a couple of grand to two f****** soaps that are going to go in the bin."