Ratting on benefit cheats

A question about : Ratting on benefit cheats

Hello

I want to report someone who told me they had forgotten to mention something on their application for benefit, if you catch my drift. However, if they were to draw up a list of suspects who may have dobbed them in, I am sure my name would be on it. When DWP contact people as a result of info, do they say 'we have received information' or is it more general, like 'we are conductiing a review of your claim'. Does anyone work in this field and know?

Thanks

Best answers:

• No, the suspect is not given any clues as to the source of external information. If it is the fraud hotline, then an investigator will first corroborate the claim and gather evidence before calling in the suspect. That way the suspect sees the source of information is only from within the benefits office.
  Mistakes are made, I know a of case where a persons surname (misspelt and miss pronounced) was mentioned at interview, and that was only known by one person unwittingly identfying them the source or "grass". I think a simple mistake by the interviewer.
• Why do you want to do this?
• That's very rarely the actual reason
• because I think they have been dishonest and I don't like them. The fact I don't like them does not change the fact they are dishonest. I am sick of people scrounging off the state, especially with all the cuts happening and promised.
• And why shouldn't benefit thieves be grassed-up?. Just got to watch 'Saints and Scroungers' to see just how much money is going to the wrong people and all because they 'forgot' to mention that they worked, or that they 'owned the house they pretended to rent'.
• I was accused of benefit fraud - I do volunteer work and the Job Centre were fully aware of this, but someone anonymously rang the fraud line to report me. I was told that it was a female, but that was all. I have my suspicions of who it was, and if I am right, this person knows that Brownie leaders are not paid, but that everything we do is voluntary. They also know that our accounts are audited annually. It was just spite, desiggned to worry me and cause me some distress.
  The Job Centre were quite happy to confirm that my volunteering did not mean that I had committed fraud
• I too was reported not so long ago - falsely.
  They had my details on the front of the sheet, and the "Source of Allegation" on the back, so when the interviewer lifted up the paper I could read who it was. Bit of a mess up there!
  It wasn't a name I recognise and the interviewer removed the sheet very fast when she realised. But a spot of googling shows that it was a neighbour I know nothing about and they know nothing about me. Have I stormed round to complain? No. Because quite frankly I don't care.
• If you honestly believe that this person is receiving benefits they aren't entitled to then call the hot line now....
  I also watched an episode of saints and scroungers and couldn't believe how easy it is to cheat the system.
  It all comes out of our back pockets so the more the schemers/scroungers get caught , and hopefully punished but won't hold my breath, the better.
• Just shop them in. Then don't give a second thought.
  The people that fraud the system don't give two hoots about anything or how anyone else feels. Why should you?
  If they are claiming wrongly, they are busted, if they are not, they will carry on claiming. We already have one example of someone on this thread who was accused, no issue found so they carry on. Whats the problem.
  Shop 'em in and do us all a favour.
  D70
• You can report someone annoymously online here https://campaigns.dwp.gov.uk/campaigns/benefit-thieves/
• i know 2 people from the same family they claim everything under the sun. They say they are seperated but live together. He is on JSA she income support and they have 2 kiddies. They also both work him more than one job. They drive around in a new car and she preaches to everyone else as if butter wouldnt melt. Im not jealous i couldnt live my life looking over my shoulder but im sick of my husband and i both out working and we have 3 children to pay for their benefits
• @OP......
  You say that the fact you dont like them has nothing to do with it but would you report someone ffrom your own family or group of friends if they were doing the same ( hypothetically speaking so answers of they wouldnt do that are not needed) not having a dig, just genuinely interested.
  IMO peoples feelings of dislike towards people cloud their judgement. Whereas a blind eye "might" be turned if feeling endeared to the culprit.