Universal Credit claimants have been left in debt to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) after being targeted by fraudsters.
One person took to Reddit after an identity thief left them owing the DWP £1,100. Under the username Human-Use6591, the claimant said they had received a letter from the DWP letting them know that 20% of their paycheque was going to be deducted to pay back the money they owed from Universal Credit.
But the user added: “I didn’t ever owe this." The person had opened a Universal Credit account in March 2020 after losing their job, and then closed it in September 2021, after months of not receiving payments as they had started working in September 2020.
