Please help

Tiina33

I am on ESA and am in the support group with Asperger's Syndrome. A friend said to me several days ago that I can inherit her house if anything happens to her, instead of her daughter with whom she has a poor relationship. I got into a complete state about this as 1. I don't want to be dragged in to her family conflict and any possible legal challenge from her family if she passes on before me and 2.I already own my own house and a second house would mean my benefits would all stop. I sent her this information by Facebook in a personal message and she wrote back to say she had only been joking. I am very glad about this, but she also said her phone might have been hacked (she accesses Facebook on her phone). I am now worried that, if this has happened, that somehow the DWP might see my message and stop my money because I said that one reason I didn't want her house is so that my benefits wouldnt be cut. Would they see me as trying to deprive myself of assets which I don't even have by my writing that one reason I don't want her house is because it would affect my benefits? I in herited my home from my parents along with some money and I told the DWP at the time about this, so I am not dishonest.

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You've got yourself all wound up over nothing. Don't worry about the DWP because they won't see the message and even if they did you can't be accused of depriving yourself of anything because the house hasn't and won't be left to you. The owner is alive and kicking.

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take _shel's advice and forget it

KiKi

Hi there

Totally understand why you might feel anxious, but you have absolutely nothing to worry about. It's extremely unlikely her phone was hacked - and if it was, it won't have been the DWP. They won't see the message. The DWP are very busy every day dealing with benefits issues - they don't hack phones, and they don't have time to consider what 'might' happen.

As another poster said, your friend is alive and so the house isn't an issue anyway. But I promise you, the DWP won't see anything, and nothing will happen to your benefits because you sent her a Facebook message about it.

Try and forget about it if you can - go and do something that helps you to relax, and be assured that your benefits won't be affected by the message.

KiKi