If you are asked to go to a formal interview for claiming benefits you're 
not entitled to, does that mean a member of the public has reported you?

John Spencer wrote:
> If you are asked to go to a formal interview for claiming benefits 
> you're not entitled to, does that mean a member of the public has 
> reported you?

Not necessarily - the source of the information may have come from 
various sources.

Fraud reporting by the public is the commonest reason why people get 
caught but it actually depends on the reason why the information has 
come to light. The public only report about 60% of all benefit fraud. 
the rest is from varying sources such as Inland Revenue, the local 
council, utilty firms etc as well as fraud initiatives by the DWP 
themselves.

-- 
Robbie

Robbie wrote:
> John Spencer wrote:
>> If you are asked to go to a formal interview for claiming benefits 
>> you're not entitled to, does that mean a member of the public has 
>> reported you?
> 
> Not necessarily - the source of the information may have come from 
> various sources.
> 
> Fraud reporting by the public is the commonest reason why people get 
> caught but it actually depends on the reason why the information has 
> come to light. The public only report about 60% of all benefit fraud. 
> the rest is from varying sources such as Inland Revenue, the local 
> council, utilty firms etc as well as fraud initiatives by the DWP 
> themselves.
> 

Just to clarify - I meant 60% of fraud cases where the person isn't 
entitled to benefit - most fraud cases are from DWP investigations which 
have nothing to do with actual entitlement to benefit, rather they are 
to do with certain aspects of the claim but the person is still entitled 
to benefit.

-- 
Robbie

John Spencer wrote:
> If you are asked to go to a formal interview for claiming benefits 
> you're not entitled to, does that mean a member of the public has 
> reported you?

Not necessarily - the source of the information may have come from 
various sources.

Fraud reporting by the public is the commonest reason why people get 
caught but it actually depends on the reason why the information has 
come to light. The public only report about 60% of all benefit fraud. 
the rest is from varying sources such as Inland Revenue, the local 
council, utilty firms etc as well as fraud initiatives by the DWP 
themselves.

-- 
Robbie

Robbie wrote:
> John Spencer wrote:
>> If you are asked to go to a formal interview for claiming benefits 
>> you're not entitled to, does that mean a member of the public has 
>> reported you?
> 
> Not necessarily - the source of the information may have come from 
> various sources.
> 
> Fraud reporting by the public is the commonest reason why people get 
> caught but it actually depends on the reason why the information has 
> come to light. The public only report about 60% of all benefit fraud. 
> the rest is from varying sources such as Inland Revenue, the local 
> council, utilty firms etc as well as fraud initiatives by the DWP 
> themselves.
> 

Just to clarify - I meant 60% of fraud cases where the person isn't 
entitled to benefit - most fraud cases are from DWP investigations which 
have nothing to do with actual entitlement to benefit, rather they are 
to do with certain aspects of the claim but the person is still entitled 
to benefit.

-- 
Robbie

John Spencer wrote:
> If you are asked to go to a formal interview for claiming benefits 
> you're not entitled to, does that mean a member of the public has 
> reported you?

Not necessarily - the source of the information may have come from 
various sources.

Fraud reporting by the public is the commonest reason why people get 
caught but it actually depends on the reason why the information has 
come to light. The public only report about 60% of all benefit fraud. 
the rest is from varying sources such as Inland Revenue, the local 
council, utilty firms etc as well as fraud initiatives by the DWP 
themselves.

-- 
Robbie

Robbie wrote:
> John Spencer wrote:
>> If you are asked to go to a formal interview for claiming benefits 
>> you're not entitled to, does that mean a member of the public has 
>> reported you?
> 
> Not necessarily - the source of the information may have come from 
> various sources.
> 
> Fraud reporting by the public is the commonest reason why people get 
> caught but it actually depends on the reason why the information has 
> come to light. The public only report about 60% of all benefit fraud. 
> the rest is from varying sources such as Inland Revenue, the local 
> council, utilty firms etc as well as fraud initiatives by the DWP 
> themselves.
> 

Just to clarify - I meant 60% of fraud cases where the person isn't 
entitled to benefit - most fraud cases are from DWP investigations which 
have nothing to do with actual entitlement to benefit, rather they are 
to do with certain aspects of the claim but the person is still entitled 
to benefit.

-- 
Robbie

John Spencer wrote:
> If you are asked to go to a formal interview for claiming benefits 
> you're not entitled to, does that mean a member of the public has 
> reported you?

Not necessarily - the source of the information may have come from 
various sources.

Fraud reporting by the public is the commonest reason why people get 
caught but it actually depends on the reason why the information has 
come to light. The public only report about 60% of all benefit fraud. 
the rest is from varying sources such as Inland Revenue, the local 
council, utilty firms etc as well as fraud initiatives by the DWP 
themselves.

-- 
Robbie

Robbie wrote:
> John Spencer wrote:
>> If you are asked to go to a formal interview for claiming benefits 
>> you're not entitled to, does that mean a member of the public has 
>> reported you?
> 
> Not necessarily - the source of the information may have come from 
> various sources.
> 
> Fraud reporting by the public is the commonest reason why people get 
> caught but it actually depends on the reason why the information has 
> come to light. The public only report about 60% of all benefit fraud. 
> the rest is from varying sources such as Inland Revenue, the local 
> council, utilty firms etc as well as fraud initiatives by the DWP 
> themselves.
> 

Just to clarify - I meant 60% of fraud cases where the person isn't 
entitled to benefit - most fraud cases are from DWP investigations which 
have nothing to do with actual entitlement to benefit, rather they are 
to do with certain aspects of the claim but the person is still entitled 
to benefit.

-- 
Robbie