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Why one should not lie to Centrelink?

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Australian media reported that Centrelink investigators are trawling the social media accounts of people on welfare to catch out fraudsters, the federal government has confirmed. Contractors employed by Centrelink to scan the Facebook pages, Twitter streams and eBay accounts of customers have dredged up more than $2 million in fraud.


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Australian media reported that Centrelink investigators are trawling the social media accounts of people on welfare to catch out fraudsters, the federal government has confirmed. Contractors employed by Centrelink to scan the Facebook pages, Twitter streams and eBay accounts of customers have dredged up more than $2 million in fraud.



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