I'm not much into scare mongering and spamming others with scam alerts, and that's not to say they do not occur, or that people are not prey to scurrilous behaviour everywhere, including Portugal. I share this one however in good faith and because of the potentially huge challenges it might pose for foreigners and those new to the country (and eager to comply with officialdom). Its veracity I cannot confirm and have no first or third-hand experience to share, but it might be worth knowing about, as it was shared with me... "Just got this info about a new scam, translated from Portuguese: For your information, please be aware that there is a group of people who go from door to door pretending to be employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They have Ministry documents and letterheads and claim that they need to check that everyone has a valid ID for the next census, and then they "steal". They're everywhere and look elegant. Someone will come to your house and say they want to take your photo/fingerprint. According to one scam, they have a laptop, a biometric device and a list of all the names. They show you the list and ask for all this information. Please be aware that there is no initiative on the part of the government. Please understand that all of this is false. Don't give them any information. Everyone must be alert and vigilant. Send it to all the groups in your community. Please inform your family and friends. ATTENTION"

Olá Portugal Clubber, just a quick housekeeping note... Every now and then I will delete a community/timeline post and 'bank' the info to the classroom, making it easier to find as a useful reference in our growing treasury of information. For example: the recent post, attached, is now a classroom resource on Carnaval and Caretos. If a post has disappeared, it'll usually be moved to the classroom, no longer useful, or out of date. This whole platform has an excellent search facility, by the way, for finding treasure in the classroom, community or membership - please give it a try and let me know if there are any glaring omissions from the information shared here 🙂🙏

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Bom dia, Carl. We are looking for details for the GMPers weekend. Where are the details? Do we need to reserve Saturday evening? Thanks!

Please say 'Olá' and introduce yourselves. What are you expecting from being here? Our platform is a little dfferent to other expat websites and groups, e.g. for an awesome more traditional forum, try Expats Portugal Here, you'll get a Portugal Quiz question every week day plus collections and courses of information to help you learn something NEW about Portugal every day. GMP! VIPs and Portugal Club members also have exclusive resources here. Find a user guide for this platform here