Would you report someone you knew for benefit fraud?

DCFC79

Pollycat wrote: »

And you've got nothing better to do than trawl through pages and pages of old posts......

How sad for you.

you having a little tit for tat

DCFC79

It would depend if they were a friend or not, if they werent a friend then yes i would inform on them, if they were a friend then id talk to them first about it

Pollycat

DCFC79 wrote: »

It would depend if they were a friend or not, if they werent a friend then yes i would inform on them, if they were a friend then id talk to them first about it

Much more sensible and on-topic post than the one below:

ljandk wrote: »

Jeez - I'd hate to be your enemy ! :rotfl:

ljandk

DCFC79 wrote: »

you having a little tit for tat

Sorry! It started innocently enough with just a dry remark, not intended to offend, but to lighten the proceedings and it hit the spot with a humourless watcher. However, the fact that someone would dob in their own friend or (presumably close) family member to the authorities without ABSOLUTELY checking first that their suspicions are correct (whether or not the person is boasting about it or not) is very alarming. If you throw mud it tends to stick, no matter what. So, we're all agreed here, we'd be very, very careful about pointing an accusing finger at anybody.

Back to the spat though - to our shame it escalated into a bit of show (our telephone network is down, we’ve read our girlie mags, had a coffee and a fag, so all that was left was trawling the forum, as miss pollycat correctly noted) but she did kind of bring it on herself and made it easy for us to take the 'P'. However, we are very childish, should have risen above it, are suitably humbled (!), have had a word with ourselves and….hold on…currently being told that we can leave early today – yippee! Nice weekend to all.

DCFC79

ljandk wrote: »

Sorry! It started innocently enough with just a dry remark, not intended to offend, but to lighten the proceedings and it hit the spot with a humourless watcher. However, the fact that someone would dob in their own friend or (presumably close) family member to the authorities without ABSOLUTELY checking first that their suspicions are correct (whether or not the person is boasting about it or not) is very alarming. If you throw mud it tends to stick, no matter what. So, we're all agreed here, we'd be very, very careful about pointing an accusing finger at anybody.

i actually dont know anyone personally in receipt of benfits so i havent had to make the choice yet,

but what other people do about dobbing friends or family member is up to said person and not for us to say otherwise,

Back to the spat though - to our shame it escalated into a bit of show (our telephone network is down, we’ve read our girlie mags, had a coffee and a fag, so all that was left was trawling the forum, as miss pollycat correctly noted) but she did kind of bring it on herself and made it easy for us to take the 'P'. However, we are very childish, should have risen above it, are suitably humbled (!), have had a word with ourselves and….hold on…currently being told that we can leave early today – yippee! Nice weekend to all.

have a nice weekend

Fidgety

Well my daughters father has been cheating the system for the past 3 years. He was at one point even running his business and had a full time employee whilst he was claiming income support!!!

Nothing ever came towards our daughter

I reported him immediately but a year on nothing had been done, another year on, still nothing, so I reported him again, this time I forgot the Benefit Fraud Hotline, and I went direct to the head of fraud at the local council where he was claiming the benefits.....

On Monday, after 3 years, he finally has an interview under caution. He's bricking it.

They have a file full of the information, documents and hard physical evidence (courtesy of moi) that he has been sponging unlawfully.

I hope they nail him.

:j

P.s. What happens after the "Interview under Caution"?

kajstring24

ljandk wrote: »

Sorry! It started innocently enough with just a dry remark, not intended to offend, but to lighten the proceedings and it hit the spot with a humourless watcher. However, the fact that someone would dob in their own friend or (presumably close) family member to the authorities without ABSOLUTELY checking first that their suspicions are correct (whether or not the person is boasting about it or not) is very alarming. If you throw mud it tends to stick, no matter what. So, we're all agreed here, we'd be very, very careful about pointing an accusing finger at anybody.

Back to the spat though - to our shame it escalated into a bit of show (our telephone network is down, we’ve read our girlie mags, had a coffee and a fag, so all that was left was trawling the forum, as miss pollycat correctly noted) but she did kind of bring it on herself and made it easy for us to take the 'P'. However, we are very childish, should have risen above it, are suitably humbled (!), have had a word with ourselves and….hold on…currently being told that we can leave early today – yippee! Nice weekend to all.

To be honest, while I didn't particularly welcome your comment, I wasn't really offended by it. The lad in question was a housemate, living with me and my partner and to me considered a friend. However, at the time things were getting pretty strained between us (for reasons other than the benefit stuff). We don't stay in contact now. Of course, you don't know that when you posted, and you can't read my mind. I did know all the facts though, I knew he was claiming benefits and he would openly speak about the latest hours he had. A week later when he got his pay cheque he would then talk about all this money he's got coming in. It was almost as if he was oblivious to the fact that he was breaking the law.

For the record, I'm not in the habit of dropping mates in it, and the sensible side of me would agree that it's something we should talk about first. However, I'm not very confrontational and for someone that I'm not that close to it's a little bit too personal for me get involved in. At the end of the day, I wouldn't want him poking his nose into my business. With a family member, or closer friend, yes, I'd be a little less drastic, but I'd still be strongly inclined to do something about it unless they sorted it themselves.

antheaB

kajstring24 wrote: »

To be honest, while I didn't particularly welcome your comment, I wasn't really offended by it. The lad in question was a housemate, living with me and my partner and to me considered a friend. However, at the time things were getting pretty strained between us (for reasons other than the benefit stuff). We don't stay in contact now. Of course, you don't know that when you posted, and you can't read my mind. I did know all the facts though, I knew he was claiming benefits and he would openly speak about the latest hours he had. A week later when he got his pay cheque he would then talk about all this money he's got coming in. It was almost as if he was oblivious to the fact that he was breaking the law.

For the record, I'm not in the habit of dropping mates in it, and the sensible side of me would agree that it's something we should talk about first. However, I'm not very confrontational and for someone that I'm not that close to it's a little bit too personal for me get involved in. At the end of the day, I wouldn't want him poking his nose into my business. With a family member, or closer friend, yes, I'd be a little less drastic, but I'd still be strongly inclined to do something about it unless they sorted it themselves.

It was an unenviable decision and position to be in and one that no doubt kept you awake at night, but you should be proud of yourself - you did the right thing.

Stacynorth1

I was hesitating, but when I was attacked by some posters on here, I knew I had to do the right thing, for the sake of decent people! DO IT and don't think twice!

Pollycat

Stacynorth1 wrote: »

I was hesitating, but when I was attacked by some posters on here, I knew I had to do the right thing, for the sake of decent people! DO IT and don't think twice!

Unfortunately, as you deleted your post from your other thread we have no idea what the circumstances are.

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