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Kali Lindsay

Shameless photoshop fails sent to DWP by fraudsters claiming to live in the UK for benefits

Benefit fraudsters have been using photoshop to claim benefits in the UK - while living abroad.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) was flooded with thousands of counterfeit documents during the pandemic as they experienced a "surge in Universal Credit" 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.

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