Benefits Integrity Centre phone call, worried, please help!?

stamina9008

Hi, im on income support and had a phone call from an 0800 number, on further investigation online i have found out its from the benefits integrity centre.
Im wondering if this call was made because somebody rang tthe dwp making a malicious call. I have a spiteful family member.
Are these calls routine and standard? Nobody has contacted me before and ive been in receipt of IS for 10 years.
Also, if it was malicious, would another department have contacted me and not the benefits integrity centre?
Many thanks, please help because im getting paranoid about people close to me and my circumstances have certainly not changed!!

TELLIT01

If your circumstances haven't changed you have absolutely nothing to worry about, assuming the information you provided originally was accurate of course.
How would DWP know if information it receives has been provided maliciously or not? They are duty bound to investigate. The Benefits Integrity Centre is there to do exactly what it says in the name.

stamina9008

keitht53 wrote: »

If your circumstances haven't changed you have absolutely nothing to worry about, assuming the information you provided originally was accurate of course.
How would DWP know if information it receives has been provided maliciously or not? They are duty bound to investigate. The Benefits Integrity Centre is there to do exactly what it says in the name.

Thanks, my circumstances have not changed. The dwp wouldnt know if a call was malicious or not. My question, ultimately, was...if a malicious and lying call was made to the dwp, would it be the BIC that would contact me, or different fraud-like department

marliepanda

stamina9008 wrote: »

Thanks, my circumstances have not changed. The dwp wouldnt know if a call was malicious or not. My question, ultimately, was...if a malicious and lying call was made to the dwp, would it be the BIC that would contact me, or different fraud-like department

The intergrity department deals with fraud, if a claim does not have integrity then it is fraudulent.

If you have been 100% honest then you have absolutely nothing to worry about. They cannot find evidence of something that doesnt exist.

tomtontom

stamina9008 wrote: »

Hi, im on income support and had a phone call from an 0800 number, on further investigation online i have found out its from the benefits integrity centre.
Im wondering if this call was made because somebody rang tthe dwp making a malicious call. I have a spiteful family member.
Are these calls routine and standard? Nobody has contacted me before and ive been in receipt of IS for 10 years.
Also, if it was malicious, would another department have contacted me and not the benefits integrity centre?
Many thanks, please help because im getting paranoid about people close to me and my circumstances have certainly not changed!!

Is it definitely IS you have been claiming for the past ten years? In other posts you talk about ESA, JSA and working, all of which would overlap somewhat with IS.

pol-zeath

In June 2013 you appear to be working

fed_up_and_stressed

pol-zeath wrote: »

In June 2013 you appear to be working

In previous posts - OP has stated he is in his sixties, 17 years old, 24 and 29 all relatively recently.

stamina9008 wrote: »

So?

Yeah, im 17, does that mean i dont know what im talking about? errr no!
Anyway, im past this now, bye.

stamina9008 wrote: »

Lol, i know but, im only 24 and have just moved into my first flat after finishing Uni

stamina9008 wrote: »

Hi, im a 29 year old male thats going on a fitness binge.

stamina9008 wrote: »

Im 62 years of age and receive a state pension you petulant little twerps.
I could work, but i dont have to and dont want to, and i never went on the dole in my life.

red_me

I had one of those calls last month, and the time before it was a Benefits Integrity Centre form, i think its just quicker to get called than fill form out and send it off. Just tell the truth and if nothing as changed at your end, there shouldn't be a problem.

1234mas430

fed_up_and_stressed wrote: »

In previous posts - OP has stated he is in his sixties, 17 years old, 24 and 29 all relatively recently.

Maybe he/she has a time machine ...

Housing_Benefit_Officer

1234mas430 wrote: »

Maybe he/she has a time machine ...

or Alzheimer's...

...poor thing doesn't realise their age anymore. Such a cruel disease.