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What stops someone putting a fake reference number on government locator forms when traveling back.

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What stops someone putting a fake reference number on government locator forms when traveling back? If they don’t get checked isn’t it a pointless system ? Couldn’t anyone just re use an old reference number on multiple trips. 

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  • silvercar
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    The risk of a £1000 fine if caught?

    that there is a pandemic and all you are being asked to do is buy and take a LFT. 
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  • GingerTim
    GingerTim Posts: 2,603 Forumite
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    Human decency?
  • GingerTim said:
    Human decency?
    When have humans ever been decent 
  • silvercar said:
    The risk of a £1000 fine if caught?

    that there is a pandemic and all you are being asked to do is buy and take a LFT. 
    I tend to agree except for the price gouging that seems to be going on.
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