To report dishonestly claiming PIP benefit

I know@x2boys. I find it rather tedious, as it all just rings as being a lot of made up nonsense.

Agreed and yet at least once a week on here ,Someone knows somebody who openly tells all and sundry, they are scamming the system and get PIP for absolutely no reason

Exactly @Mariay . If ever I did come across someone loudly bragging in such a manner, I honestly would assume, rightly, or wrongly, that they were having some type of manic episode, where they might believe everything that they are saying, but are in fact in a vulnerable state of being. The last thing I would be looking to do though, is report them. It is not normal behaviour, to go around saying such things.

I agree. I've never heard of anyone running around saying 'i don't need pip, I don't need pip.' I think op has some kind of beef with the person whether imagined or real and has been nosying into their life.

I would say, over invested. I personally have yet to meet anybody who is so free, and open about the fact that they are scamming the PIP system. I should maybe go down the local pub!

You sound a bit scary.

@feelinghopeless2025 of course it is not jealousy to be annoyed at people getting benefits fraudulently, the country is in an economic state and it is in everyone’s interests that only the people who need and deserve the payments get it , not people who blatantly lie and admit doing so . Like the OP has clarified in her latest post , like myself she knows that these people have lied or exaggerated the truth because they admit it themselves it is not just a case of seeing people walking their dog .

I'm Brian, and so's my wife.

For the umpteenth time autism is a huge spectrum and it goes off extra care needs not diagnosis
My son is 15 so still gets DLA he has a diagnosis of autism he gets HRC and HRM as he is severely mentally impaired and has the cognitive ability of a 2 or 3 year old
Some people with autism may not get any award
As its all about how it impacts them.
My son can't speak at all ,will always need 1:1 supervision he's severely disabled.

@tinyspinyhow do you truly know who does and doesn’t ‘deserve’ it? I agree it’s quite a harsh criteria, but we are where we are with that, unfortunately. I am a PIP assessor and am happy to advise on why the people you know have not received the help they deserve, if you’d like to send over a DM.

Yeah I'd do her a favour by letting her know you're an enemy in disguise so she can steer clear.

If she's already been reported there is no need for op to stalk and harass her supposed 'friend'. And I say that as a tax payer.

Do you really need to ask this?

I worked with someone with autism. The extra money provided a cushion for budgeting which was difficult. For example if you have a sensory issue and can't tolerate cold you may spend more on heating. If you have issues with food you may end up spending more in order to manage a diet that allows you to eat. If you are vulnerable you may be unable to use public transport so need to use taxis which are more expensive. Some people with autism use sensory equipment to help with self regulation and some of these are expensive.

If you have an eating disorder it's often coupled with other challenges such as anxiety. You may be highly restrictive with food incurring a more expensive food shop. Therapy is not readily available in all areas so often people need to travel in order to receive support which incurs cost.

But ultimately both of these can put people out of work and education so why you think extra money wouldn't help shows a real ignorance of disability/illness and why pip is so essential for vulnerable people.

This person has already been reported. The DWP are quite capable of conducting surveillance on people if they need to, so have no need of the OP's little phone camera videos, which would not even be allowed to be used anyway. The whole OP reads like a script, a bad script.

Neither do I.

And if any of it’s true I think OP is the one that needs help - she sounds like an obsessed stalker - knows everything about the person and EVERY medical detail of the person and has taken loads of videos and photos of the person - either an obsessed stalker or a massive backstabber.

I simply don't believe this.

Oooft. Are you in the neighbourhood watch group as well? Seems like you’ve got a keen eye for detail. At this point, I’d suggest just telling her that you’re going to report her? Seems you’re just as untrustworthy by pretending to be this woman’s pal, whilst secretly recording her every move. Which is probably illegal, in some sense, too. There is also no way whatsoever that this person has been able to say she can’t walk at all, and she’s been awarded PIP on the basis of that sentence. Mobility is seriously scrutinised. Particularly when someone says they’re paraplegic.

Exactly my thoughts. If anything, it’s actually gotten worse. It’s now just acceptable to say certain disabilities don’t even exist. What a world.

I have many many photos and videos of her doing things when she says she can’t even walk - I can’t find a place I can upload these to DWP (can anyone help with this?).

Which is why, if she is neither, she should just mind her own affairs. People who are family, or close friends do not even always know the full extent of a person's difficulties, due to whatever medical condition that they have. My friends have no idea about certain aspects of my disability, as it is my business, that I have no desire to share with them.

To be fair to OP, she hasn't described herself as a friend or family member of this woman.

I think that would be mean and spiteful.
You don't know what evidence she has produced to claim PIP.
She may have exaggerated her ailments but it is still difficult to be awarded PIP.
Her mental health could be part of her claim.
And if she is claiming it fraudulently .....she will come a cropper somewhere.
All I can tell you is I have a very dear friend who has extensive ailments and doesn't claim PIP because of the gruelling process you have to go through.

I have another friend who gets full PIP but is not afflicted on a daily basis with his condition but when he has a flare up he is floored. So he has to claim PIP even in 'well' periods to make up for the days he his crippled and cannot work.

Saying you wouldn't claim benefits if you didn't need them is being moral. Trying to take down someone who does successfully claim benefits is being jealous.

The fact is, nobody here (including the OP) knows the ins and out of this persons medical history nor their PIP claim. Several professionals are involved in that and I would assume know more than someone who sees this person walk her dogs sometimes.

In this sort of ‘scenario’, why does the PIP recipient even tell people about their benefits?

If it was me, I wouldn’t tell anyone my business.

A reliance on the state - very scary.

Yes. They have demonstrated time, and again, that they can change things when it suits.