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Benefit fraud cheats, what do I do?

31 replies

Bluebelllady15 · 15/03/2015 15:39

Hi,

So I know 2 People who have been committing benefit fraud for 4 years now. They are a couple (he works & gets paid really well & she has just quit college). They don't live together as she wanted to be able to claim more money and study. He has his own place, pays mortgage etc but provides quite a bit for her & the child and stays there most nights. He's just paid out for a new car for her as they are expecting their second baby in the summer. I found out recent that they aren't going to live together until baby is a few months old so they can claim more now & refurbish house before she moves in with the kids. Its eating me up inside as I am a single parent working living at home because I can't afford anywhere else. So, not only is he earnings so much, he has a house yet she has a council place, getting income support, housing benefit and God knows, what else. Having stuff brought for her but still claiming..

I don't know what to do? Do I report them?

OP posts:
bionic77 · 15/03/2015 16:44

As hard as it may be don't waste your energy thinking about what they may or may not be doing. Plough this energy into improving your own life or doing things that make you happy. You do not know really what is going in their lives.

professornangnang · 15/03/2015 18:49

I would. Let someone else decide if there's anything dodgy going on or not. They'll never find out it's you. They are squarely in the wrong.

fixedit · 15/03/2015 18:57

It is legal to stay either 3 or 4 nights a week.
Shit reason to report something that IMO isn't fraud.

Gfplux · 10/04/2015 17:15

Report them. Then let the benefit fraud department decide if they are defrauding the system.

morethanpotatoprints · 10/04/2015 17:18

How is this fraud? playing the system, probably if what you say is correct.
Lots of people play the system whilst doing nothing illegal, some are immoral some it just works out that way.

RabbitSaysWoof · 10/04/2015 22:27

You do know they wont stop this couples money and give it to you.
Agree with others, just concentrate on you.

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