The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued a new scam warning to millions of people due to receive cost of living payments over the coming months to help ease the financial pressure of soaring energy bills and record-breaking inflation. Nearly eight million people have already received the first instalment of the £650 means-tested payment for £326, with a further one million people on Tax Credits due to get the money next month.
Earlier this week, the DWP confirmed that around six million people claiming disability benefits will see one-off payments for £150 land in their bank accounts from September 20. The vast majority of those payments are expected to be made within a couple of weeks by the beginning of October.
However, DWP is warning people expecting either of these payments, or the second part of the £650 support for £324 due in the autumn, to watch out for scammers trying to take advantage of the cost of living crisis.
