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Celeb benefit cheat

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hellohelloitsme · 27/10/2025 14:04

I won't name names but a celeb benefit cheat claimed the UC forms were too hard to fill out and she found it difficulty to understand the forms etc.

Think she has a second home (Owned by a few family members) but received £20+k

These weren't pip or any disability benefits.

Aibu in thinking she's lying and not enough checks are being done?

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Mewling · 27/10/2025 15:16

Bluejaysforthewin · 27/10/2025 15:08

She can't say hun. To many snakes innit!

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🐍 and fakes babes.

Coffeeishot · 27/10/2025 15:15

hellohelloitsme · 27/10/2025 14:08

I don't want to give her name, I don't want to direct hate. She's been convicted. How she's had two babies whilst having an affair with footballer. She must have lied about that as well

You don't want to name her but give clues 😂 is this just a creative benefit bashing thread?

Mewling · 27/10/2025 15:15

hellohelloitsme · 27/10/2025 14:18

Old new but it's still happening. Why do they make it so easy....

Not sure who paid for her lawyer fees for the CM case.

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Oh so this is just a benefits bashing thread by way of a Z-list celebrity. Either way, what a cunty thread. Maybe go out and touch some grass, hun?

WonderfulSmith · 27/10/2025 15:15

feellikeanalien · 27/10/2025 14:27

Why all this faux concern about not wanting to direct "hate" her way? It is a six year old case. Why not just start a thread about benefit cheats? Or are you worried some people will accuse you of benefits bashing?

Have the courage of your convictions and say what you mean.

I have no idea who the op is talking about, and I suspect that the title ‘celeb’ is doing some very heavy lifting, but I would have even less of an idea had the op not started a thread. So by starting a thread the op is directing ‘hate’ with this faux concern from people who wouldn’t know this woman if she stood up in their soup.

Avantiagain · 27/10/2025 15:14

This was ages ago and she got caught and punished. How sad to be dragging it up now.

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Rosecoffeecup · 27/10/2025 15:09

What on earth are you talking about?

Yes she was convicted of benefit fraud - she was BU for that

YABU for making no sense whatsoever

Bluejaysforthewin · 27/10/2025 15:08

whatshallidowithyou · 27/10/2025 14:13

That Lauren ?

She can't say hun. To many snakes innit!

vodkaredbullgirl · 27/10/2025 15:05

Well this went down like a lead balloon 😆

Ellerby · 27/10/2025 15:04

hellohelloitsme · 27/10/2025 14:08

I don't want to give her name, I don't want to direct hate. She's been convicted. How she's had two babies whilst having an affair with footballer. She must have lied about that as well

Swerved a bit off "general discussion of the benefits system" there, didn't you Hun?

Coffeetime25 · 27/10/2025 14:55

😂

sentfromiphoen · 27/10/2025 14:54

LG is such a narcissist I 💯 believe she would start a post like this to get herself so she can talk about “the hate” aka the facts

Hi Lauren 👋

SeaAndStars · 27/10/2025 14:50

I was longing for someone to tell us who the bloody hell the celebrity is. Now I know her name and I still have no idea who she is or what she's famous for.

vodkaredbullgirl · 27/10/2025 14:48

NancyBellaDonna · 27/10/2025 14:46

Totally pointless thread.
FFS!

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NancyBellaDonna · 27/10/2025 14:46

Totally pointless thread.
FFS!

PandoraSocks · 27/10/2025 14:45

MurdoMunro · 27/10/2025 14:44

Is this Rebekah Vardy’s account?

😁

PandoraSocks · 27/10/2025 14:45

hellohelloitsme · 27/10/2025 14:14

Trying not to use her name because it's more the situation and not individual. Courts have delt with it

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If the courts have dealt with it, convicted her and she is a celeb then I am sure there will be press coverage.

Eta: just read that this was 6 years ago and person concerned is hardly a celebrity. Not sure what the point of this thread is.

Lougle · 27/10/2025 14:44

There has to be a balance between accepting a claimant's declaration and requiring evidence. It's much harder to require evidence of something not existing, so benefit fraud that omits income/capital is much easier than fraud that wrongly declares rent amounts, etc. The DWP can and do prosecute. A quick Google found at least 4 similar cases from 2019.

MurdoMunro · 27/10/2025 14:44

Is this Rebekah Vardy’s account?

333FionaG · 27/10/2025 14:43

Either start a thread about benefits cheats in general, or a thread about this particular woman. Otherwise there is nothing to discuss. The 'celebrity' was found guilty of cheating the system in 2019. Quite why it's relevant in 2025 is baffling.

pointythings · 27/10/2025 14:43

hellohelloitsme · 27/10/2025 14:18

Old new but it's still happening. Why do they make it so easy....

Not sure who paid for her lawyer fees for the CM case.

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Ah, I see. You're dragging up a 6 year old case so you can whip up some benefit bashing froth. Nice.

Glitchymn1 · 27/10/2025 14:42

UC don’t check anything.
Don’t worry the LA has your back!

hobbledyhoy · 27/10/2025 14:40

hellohelloitsme · 27/10/2025 14:32

You seem like a nasty piece of work
I'm not using her name because it's about the act of "not knowing". Not hatred for her.

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I’m nothing of the kind but I think I’ve elicited that reaction because it’s hit the nail on the head.

You probably know this person quite well and have decided to try and stir up some trouble by dropping ‘hints’ at gossip in several of your posts.

JoemarIerseyes · 27/10/2025 14:40

Annie? Is that you Hun?

Catpiece · 27/10/2025 14:40

Hun? This isn’t Facebook