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A police account asked everyone to look out for people with inexplicably lavish lifestyles – 15 entirely predictable responses

Poke Staff. Updated August 28th, 2024

We’re not sure what bright spark at South Yorkshire Police thought that it was a good idea to post this question, but we’d be interested to know whether that person had ever seen Twitter/X before.

Yorkshire Police tweet - Do you know someone who lives a lavish lifestyle, but doesn’t have a job? Your intelligence is vital in helping us put those who think they’re 'untouchable' before the courts. With an image that says 'Raising the voice of economic crime'

We don’t know what kind of phone calls they’ve been getting about this, but the online results were exactly what you’d expect.

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A few people pointed out that you can’t always tell whether someone has a job.

Finally, this was inevitable.

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Source South Yorkshire Police Image Screengrab