Benefit cheat caught out by son's Caribbean cruise blog... what a doofus

Doodlebug12 · 8 Feb 2011 at 15:54

Really makes me laugh how dumb these fraudsters can be

http://swns.com/benefit-cheat-caught-out-by-sons-caribbean-cruise-blog-081228.html

Theophany · 8 Feb 2011 at 15:56

My first thought is who would want to read a blog about such inane drivel. :confused:

LeJosh · 8 Feb 2011 at 16:00

It was his 7 year old son who wrote it, unless his dad let him then yeah that's pretty stupid.

28k over 4 years? Pfft that's nothing.

Blue Cypher · 8 Feb 2011 at 16:06

LeJosh said:
It was his 7 year old son who wrote it, unless his dad let him then yeah that's pretty stupid.

28k over 4 years? Pfft that's nothing.

is it ok that i get an extra 28k over the next 4 years all from the tax payers then please

Doodlebug12 · 8 Feb 2011 at 16:10

LeJosh said:
It was his 7 year old son who wrote it, unless his dad let him then yeah that's pretty stupid.

28k over 4 years? Pfft that's nothing.

Still 28k that could be spent on schools and hospitals though!

Col_M · 8 Feb 2011 at 16:17

ten month round-the-world cruise of the Caribbean

say what?

Typical behavior of the underclass in Plymouth though!

Cosimo · 8 Feb 2011 at 16:20

It appears that even seven year olds have their blogs read. Another lesson to be learnt about the dangers of the internet for kids.

LeJosh · 8 Feb 2011 at 16:22

Blue Cypher said:
is it ok that i get an extra 28k over the next 4 years all from the tax payers then please

No it's not.

Who you kidding.

Scougar · 8 Feb 2011 at 16:35

ROFL at the spelling. "The pople of Plymouth".

2007 though. Taken a long time to get him to court?

MickeyFinns · 8 Feb 2011 at 16:37

Surely someone on state benefits taking their kids out out of school for 10 months should have raised some flags?

jack.mitchell · 8 Feb 2011 at 16:38

Scougar said:
ROFL at the spelling. "The pople of Plymouth".

2007 though. Taken a long time to get him to court?

[cynicism] Probably cost more to get him to court. [/cynicism]

Loony-Luke · 8 Feb 2011 at 16:50

Hahaha fail what an idiot

dowie · 8 Feb 2011 at 16:59

I'm pretty shocked that he was entitled to claim it in the first place (supposing the flat wasn't owned by his parents):

Fraudster Simon Daymond-Harris (Corr), 37, claimed £560-a-month in housing benefit from August 2006 due to his ‘low income’ as a barman of £90-a-week.

He told authorities he worked 16 hours-a-week and because of his modest wage could not support his wife and three children.

Daymond-Harris claimed he was paying £925-a-month in rent at a four-bedroom waterside apartment in Millbay Marina Village, Plymouth, for four years.

Even if it were a legitimate claim I don't personally believe we should be subsidising people's lives to this extent. Why should some low achiever who only works 16 hours a week in a bar be entitled to a '4 bedroom waterside apartment' simply because he's got a wife and they've chosen to have kids?

No wonder the new govt are making changes to the benefits system - seem like there are rather a lot of savings to be made.

Redgie · 8 Feb 2011 at 17:02

Reporter is using Windows 2000 / A Windows 2000 theme. Do not want.

Cosimo · 8 Feb 2011 at 17:11

MickeyFinns said:
Surely someone on state benefits taking their kids out out of school for 10 months should have raised some flags?

He probably told the school he was going away and they wouldn’t have known that he was getting housing benefit. His benefit cheques were being banked by his mum so how was anyone to know where he was.

Nikumba · 8 Feb 2011 at 21:01

Redgie said:
Reporter is using Windows 2000 / A Windows 2000 theme. Do not want.

I think that might be the XP Classic theme, which is what we made default on all of our machines in work

Kimbie