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should i report benefit cheat

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  • tea690
    tea690 Posts: 74 Forumite
    if your sure fraud is being comited then reort them

    ive reported my neighbour twice now and before anyone jumps down my throat

    she has four kids been claiming income support and full benifits for ten years..has never worked..claims as single besides having her partner live with her who earns 500 pounds a week....
  • ok if i report them, who would i report him and his employer to?
  • tcr_3
    tcr_3 Posts: 580 Forumite
    National Benefit Fraud Hotline 0800 854 440

    or online here https://secure.dwp.gov.uk/benefitfraud/
    I no longer contribute to the Benefits & Tax Credits forum.
  • Indie_Kid
    Indie_Kid Posts: 23,100 Forumite
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    ok if i report them, who would i report him and his employer to?

    He's committing benefit fraud, so the benefit fraud hotline. Not too sure about his employer - HMRC, maybe?
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  • Vader123
    Vader123 Posts: 1,104 Forumite
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    sh1305 wrote: »
    Apart from possibly having benefits stopped...

    This won't happen without an investigation and interview.

    Vader
  • Firey668
    Firey668 Posts: 220 Forumite
    Atleast the guy is trying to work and earn himself some money !!!!!!!!


    Bloody hell, its not like hes going beating up little babies and stealing their money and food!!

    Hes on benefits getting paiud a crappy ridiculously low amount of money!
    And so hes trying to do something to help himself financially, while at the same time gain work experience and get new skills.

    But is only getting paid £800 per month for it, so less than 1/2 of what he would likely need from a salary just to live a basic standard of life!



    Why dont you focus on your own life instead of trying to cause problems for others!
  • Firey668
    Firey668 Posts: 220 Forumite
    Vader123 wrote: »
    Just shop them in.

    If they are not committing fraud then no harm done.

    Vader


    Why do you feel the need to write your username underneath every post you write??! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:


    It doesn't make you look more professional or anything of the sort, just makes you look like a tool and a plonker! :D


    As everyone knows what the username of the person whos posting its....,
    it says it there in big boild writing at the top of every post they make.



    So why do you insist on making yourself look like a pillock by writing it twice?? :rotfl::D:D:rotfl:
  • DanielleNic87
    DanielleNic87 Posts: 1,064 Forumite
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    Just report him.

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  • No one can ever be 100% sure of the facts about someone elses circumstances,and unless i was 100% certain i would just mind my own business,after all the dwp employs a small army of investigators would we like to do them out of a job in these straigtened times?
    BTW i`m not sure the OP is a benefits question,seems more suited to DT?
  • UnderPressure
    UnderPressure Posts: 3,204 Forumite
    Well I say mind your own business and worry about you and your own!

    What goes around generally comes around remember that................................
    "You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes under pressure"
    Sir Winston Churchill
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