Thousands of European Union citizens are taking advantage of EU rules which allow them to register as workers here and draw hundreds of thousands of pounds in benefits and pensions — while paying in as little as £10 per month.

The astonishing swindle is possible because EU rules state that member nations’ nationals have the right to work and draw benefits throughout all components of the  super state.

This rule has allowed what has now been called “National Insurance tourists” to emerge. All that is necessary, under the EU rules, is for an EU national to register as a worker in Britain and make the minimum monthly contribution into the National Insurance system — while drawing out amounts which far exceed the payments in.

The swindle has become so sophisticated and well-organised that Polish-owned companies with offices in Britain are actively encouraging self-employed people who live and work in Poland to switch their NI payments to Britain, according to news reports.

Apparently all they need to do is present themselves at any Job Centre, get a National Insurance number and then open a UK bank account.

Once those steps are in place, according to reports, front companies claim to employ the EU nationals. This work, which can be done from anywhere by phone or internet, need only be billed as five hours “consultancy” work per month.

The front company issues the “workers” with payslips and pays their NI contributions which are often only around £10 per month. This is a bargain for certain EU member state nationals such as those in Poland, who pay nearly 20 times that amount in their country.

The benefits they draw are also proportionately higher. A basic British pension is £412.75 per month which is far higher than the Polish equivalent of £130.

According to reports, as many as 5,000 self-employed Poles have taken advantage of the system in the past year alone, despite still living and working in their home country.

British taxpayers can thank the Tory/Labour/Lib-Dem imposed EU swindle for yet another case of daylight robbery via the confidence trick known as Brussels.