The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has released a series of badly photoshopped images that show what fraudsters do to "prove" that they live in the UK. The public service department revealed that fraudsters were caught sending fake photos while living abroad, so that they can claim benefits in the UK.
As reported by the Daily Record, the DWP said that they were flooded with thousands of counterfeit documents during the coronavirus pandemic, due to a surge in Universal Credit claims. They are now working their way through the fraudulent claims.
One picture shows a man crudely photoshopped into a scene outside a front door after being asked to send proof he lived in the UK. There is no evidence that the people in the pictures shown in the article are committing any crime or have any link to the attempted fraud. The DWP's counter fraud regional office in Newcastle has been working through the claims, where digital forensic analysts and investigators combat bogus claims which reached £8.6billion last year.
