Reporting benefit cheats.

meritaten

Eton_Rifle wrote: »

The saying is that there is no honour amongst thieves.

However benefit thieves seem to buck this trend, existing in a kind of co-operative.

It's like the opposite of a tradesman's union but the purpose is the same : to prevent the weakest runt being singled out and bringing down the herd.

LMAO - thats unless one of them sees another getting more than them - then they go in for the 'kill'!

Cherry_Bomb

Nope never done it and doubt I ever would. I don't involve myself in other peoples lives enough to know the ins and outs of their benefit entitlement. Or lack of for that matter.

AMG762

A friend of mine regularly gets reported to the DWP and local council for fraud.

They claim incapacity benefit and do 'permitted work' under the allowed rules.

When you see somebody who you know is claiming benefits and trying to get themselves back into the work environment it is easy to come to the wrong conclusions.

This does cause considerable distress to people when wrongly accused. They get letters threatening to stop the benefits and saying a compliance officer will visit.

I fully agree when people commit fraud they should always be reported. But far too many people think they know other peoples business when they dont really

ginger_tony

I feel this is very sad, I too get very angry about benefit fraud but would never, never ever do this to another human being I feel that no one knows anyones circumstances and may be a case of survival. Too be more honest with you The bloody polititians, banksters and the royal family are the biggest fraudsters in the uk and are pocketing millions of our hard earned cash.I wish they had a hot line for their misuse of public funds.

Carl31

too many people turn a blind eye to things in life, and hence people go off and commit fraud, crime, bully and abuse

If there was risk that you might get caught at every turn, would you do anything illegal? i doubt it, same with these fraudsters. People moan about taxes being raised, tax credits being cut etc.. part of the reason is due to the high welfare bill in this country, made worse by people 'milking' the system. The reason you cant get a doctors appointment until 3 weeks time could very well be due to those 2 down the road that you wont 'grass up' claiming more than their fair share

meritaten

everyone seems to be moaning that benefit cheats are costing the country money - yet most of you want to turn a blind eye! yes its true that benefit cheats cost a fraction of what the bank 'high ups' get! yet at least they are getting the money lawfully!
benefit 'cheats' give those on benefits a bad name - and the government makes it out that its a large chunk of the benefit pot (which it isnt) yet - the consensus is - turn a blind eye!
sometimes I wonder at the morality of people on here - so very high faluting - yet willing to condone theft!

kezlou

I have been reported a few times maliciously to the dss for supposedly working when claiming benefits. In actual fact my partner was working full time and i was working as a part time volunteer tutor, we were claiming working / child tax credits and DWP knew exactly what were doing.

I know fine well who the person was, due to the fact of how nosey they were and the fact that i had a disagreement with them about a month before. Well these people soon got a suck in when they got fined for malicously reporting me on 10 different occassions.

But it does depend on the situation, i have never reported anyone, but my friend has against someone who was on incaptiy benefit. Stated they couldnt work because supposedly they had a bad back. But was seen on regular basis carry heavy beams around.

I also know other people who babysit for cash in hand,claim benefits, save it up all year to put on their gas meter over winter.

Its a differcult one.

FrugalFranny

claire16c wrote: »

So perhaps we should just scrap witnesses in court cases too then?

That goes in the argument section under the heralded:

"If your friends jumped off a cliff would you do that too?...."

My argument has many flaws, someone really p*ssed on my cornflakes this morning, but my underlying message was about being honesty about why you're reporting fraudsters.
I like benefit fraud no more than anyone else, I just hate the false morality often given for handing them in.

You always here about the fraudsters, but hardly ever about people that have had the rug pulled out from under them in there time of need.

ginger_tony

I think if your phoning to dob on somebody use you own name if you feel so stongly about it why go anonomous? I feel sorry for those on benefits always judged not everyone on benefits are sitting with widescreen tellys , going on big holidays or a benefit fraudsters. The way things are going a lot more people will be made redundant and end up on benefits none of us know until we are in the situation what we would do to survive. People in glass houses should'nt throw stones.

FatVonD

Perhaps if more people dobbed in benefits cheats there might be more in the pot for those that genuinely need it. What a quaint expression that is 'benefit cheats', makes it sound like cheating at Ludo rather than stealing money that is meant for those less fortunate, more akin to stealing a charity box off the counter.