Benefit Busters... check HERE for your new targets..
Benefit Busters... check HERE for your new targets..
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Conian

Original Poster:

8,030 posts

218 months

Friday 28th August 2009
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We all know a benefit fraudster, dont we?

A neighbour of mine has a 'bad back' ... he can 'barely walk'
He has a mortgage which we pay off for him.
His wife has 3 jobs, 2 of which are cash in hand.

He has a reasonable car and 2 caravans.

Now this poor chap loves fishing. So many mornings before 8am we see him loading his fishing gear into his car, and shouting to his wife 'I'm off FISHING now dear'

Hmmm he's wearing his old work clothes, well, I suppose he could get muddy on the riverbank etc, best not to wear good clothes while 'fishing'

After 5pm he returns home from 'fishing' unloads his fishing gear which is all nice n clean, but his work clothes are covered in cement dust.

He carries in his fishing gear, walking normally, oops he's forgotten the walking stick that 'he cant walk without'

Evening time, oh look he's round the back of his house shouting abuse at the old couple up the road from him while climbing ladders building his extension.

Benefit Busters, come get him?

mouseymousey

2,641 posts

254 months

Friday 28th August 2009
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Have you actually done anything about it rather than waiting for a TV crew to appear? smile

Shop him online here.

https://secure.dwp.gov.uk/benefitfraud/


I'm not a big fan of grassing on your neighbours but ultimately he's costing us money.

Conian

Original Poster:

8,030 posts

218 months

Friday 28th August 2009
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he's been reported, nothing seems to have happened

he did get caught for some other benefit thing a few years back, had to repay 5k but it wasnt related to his 'disability'

would be more fun to see him caught on TV tho, he does like the old F word smile

Deva Link

26,934 posts

262 months

Friday 28th August 2009
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I don't know if it really matters - it's just money going around in the economy isn't it?

Road Pest

3,123 posts

215 months

Friday 28th August 2009
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My first thought is shop the fker, then I think about the tts in Government that have made matters worse in this area and wonder who to blame.

Edited by Road Pest on Friday 28th August 10:29

OllieWinchester

5,693 posts

209 months

Saturday 29th August 2009
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Can't they make a proper benefit busters style program, a bit like Rogue Traders, where they ensnare the weaselly little fkers and see what they have to say about the mountain of evidence against them? I would dearly love to watch that.

EDLT

15,421 posts

223 months

Saturday 29th August 2009
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The next episode of Benefit Busters IS about people claiming disability.

mp3manager

4,254 posts

213 months

Saturday 29th August 2009
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EDLT said:
The next episode of Benefit Busters IS about people claiming disability.
I'll be sure to watch that so I can gain some tips on what and what not to do, as I'm going for a medical soon in order to claim Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit.

VxDuncan

2,850 posts

251 months

Thursday 3rd September 2009
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Brilliant irony, the advert in the middle of this weeks installment telling you how to claim more benefits! Absolutely brilliant!

sstein

6,249 posts

271 months

Thursday 3rd September 2009
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So, he has supposedly got a bad back which got worked on in Turkey but no one in the UK is allowed to try and help him ?

CoolC

4,345 posts

231 months

Thursday 3rd September 2009
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In the doctors he was screaming in agony at the slightest bend of his back. Cut to him mopping the floor at home pressing down on the mop wringing it out without the slightes twinge.

robinhood21

30,938 posts

249 months

Thursday 3rd September 2009
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yes He nearly slipped up at the beginning of the programme when, as he was leaving the house he dropped something, started to bend down to retrieve it, then realising that he was on camera stopped the bending. Malingerer!

CedGTV

2,538 posts

271 months

Thursday 3rd September 2009
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Stopped bending down and a little look backwards at the camera.

Ginger workshy

robinhood21

30,938 posts

249 months

Thursday 3rd September 2009
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The only good news being, they have signed him off fitness benefit and fit for work.

CedGTV

2,538 posts

271 months

Thursday 3rd September 2009
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While telling us that, the little was playing football in the back garden.

Steamer

14,064 posts

230 months

Thursday 3rd September 2009
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Hey - its not all bad this episode!

At least the Northen chic (Cherrie) that tries to get them working is okay... I bet she can wrestle when she wants too yum

Edited by Steamer on Thursday 3rd September 22:42

mp3manager

4,254 posts

213 months

Thursday 3rd September 2009
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Being disabled myself, I have every sympathy for anyone who has a genuine disability which affects their mobility and ability to work. I am disabled due to a work-related accident...that work-shy scrounger had an accident whilst on holiday, he was lagered-up and his accident was due to his own stupidity!

If his back was as bad as he was claiming, he would have had great difficultly in walking...but he had a fair old bounce in his step and could walk at a reasonable pace.

Scrounging tosser!! mad

D-Angle

4,468 posts

259 months

Thursday 3rd September 2009
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I feel quite bad for the lady they have sent to do volunteering. frown

Frankeh

12,558 posts

202 months

Friday 4th September 2009
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Best idea for benefit busters would be to send a letter to people you think just cba to work.
Say it's from the job center yadada and they have a job offer.. All they have to do is reply.
If they reply to the letter, they get to keep their benefits. If not, then off they come. They obviously are just lazy.

(Not including people on disability benefit)

Conian

Original Poster:

8,030 posts

218 months

Friday 4th September 2009
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Frankeh said:
(Not including people on disability benefit)
My neighbour is 'disabled' ... the same neighbour who does building work, gardening and can push a caravan up hill by himself.
Poor poor chap.