The Department of Work and Pension (DWP) warned people in the United Kingdom to stay aware and protect their key information if they are eligible to receive a cost of living payment over the next few months.
Millions of people in the UK are eligible for a cost of living payment of £300 due to be paid to people this autumn and £299 in spring next year for those who are eligible for benefits.
UK government Statistics shows more than 8 million people were given the cost of living payment from HMRC.
In addition to that 6.4 million payments were given to disability claiming people.
Government urged that People should alert themselves as fraudsters are active on social media deceiving people about cost of living payments.
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