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After a column containing tips on paying less inheritance tax in these pages, we had a note from a reader who quite rightly pointed out that articles like these frequently mention spouses, children ...

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A Nigerian man is sentenced to over eight years in prison in the US for his role in a transnational inheritance scam that ...

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