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Report Thai Engineer Scammed Out of 8 Million Baht in Elaborate Scheme
There was a very informative podcast in the Economist recently, "Scam Inc.", about the scam factories. One of the most important lessons: anybody can fall for it, a CEO, an IT specialist, a banker... A famous case (reported all over the media) was an experienced American banker who got scammed out of 40 million USD. Industrial scam is like a weapon. And like you have no chance of defense against a gun, you are defenseless against professional scammers. Don't think you are too smart. I know it's hard to acknowledge, but you are not. -
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Dog attacked the neighbours today. Made me smile.
I don't know what you call animal abuse, but one person in my Thai family keeps her cats locked up in a small cage and only let out ones a day, but puts them on a leash. I find it disgusting, but what would I know? I am just a Farang. -
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Report Abandoned Abroad: British Pensioner in Thailand Slams 'Immoral' Frozen Pensions Policy
There is a flipside to that. A ruling in the 1970s meant that 6th Formers receive a NI credit. No credit is paid while in full time university education. So someone could go to Uni, progress to an advanced degree, land a job in the Middle East. Work the next 40 years in Kuwait, tax free. At the end of it all, buy a home in the old country and retire there, to live out a very comfortable existance. From day 1; full access to the NHS, despite having practically contributed nothing to it. British expats might continue to pay income and other taxes, but they haven't paid any VAT. A bigger issue is how the state pension is funded, or any of the state pensions, eg MOD pensions. There are also 4 different NHSs, with differing access rules, because of the powers that have been devolved. -
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Labour Faces Ongoing Threat From Gaza-Backed Independents in Local Elections
No. They were nothing to do with the topic. You do that a lot.
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