The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has shared some utterly shameless photoshop fails sent by benefit fraudsters claiming to live in the UK. During the pandemic there was a surge in Universal Credit claims from abroad, it says,
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. 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 £8.6bn last year, reports ChronicleLive.
Analysts also noticed the same lime green door appeared in photos sent in by a number of claimants trying to prove they lived in the UK.
