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Right on the heels of our article on fraudsters, comes this new scam that seems to be doing the rounds among British expats. We deemed the threat serious enough to publish it on our website. For more details

Property is being emblazoned all over our Press here in Dubai with new developers and agents tempting us with the latest “in place” to live. With all this high-level marketing it is difficult not to notice there is a property boom going on in Dubai!However, if you are considering buying property here in the United Arab Emirates (or you have already done so), do not get swept along with all the euphoria and make sure you know exactly what you are getting in to.

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Indian tax collectors have hit on a novel way of persuading tax cheats to cough up – drums. Indian collectors in Rajamundry, a city in Andrah Pradesh state, sent ten drummers to ten different homes and businesses in mid-March, along with a tax collector.

An official told the BBC that all other efforts to recover the tax had failed. The drummers would “beat the drums non-stop outside houses pointed out by the officials” in order to shame occupants into paying up. The Indian tax authorities say they collected 200,000 rupees ($4,600) in the first day.

This article courtesty of Investment International. If you would like to recieve a free subscription to this magazine

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It is tragic to see another British icon fall foul but to add more salt to the wounds of the workers future uncertainty - their pension pot too seems to be in disarray. This is another example of corporate pensions falling well short of their intended projections and reiterates the need to ensure your personal pension planning is on track.

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