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The DWP’s definition of benefit fraud is when “someone obtains state benefit they are not entitled to or deliberately fails to report a change in their personal circumstances.”
The most common form of benefit fraud is when someone receives unemployment benefits while working.
Other common types of benefit fraud are when someone claims to live alone, but receives financial help from their spouse or partner, failing to report a “change of circumstances”, faking an illness or injury to get unemployment or disability benefits, and falsifying accounts to make it seem like a person has less money than they say they do.
If the department opens a formal investigation against a person, then they will be notified by either a letter, email, or even over the phone, however, it is typically done through the post.
