For people who stay outside Lagos, Lagos is considered a dream destination. Most people who live in Lagos however consider Europe and America a must visit destination and are ready to do anything to travel to these places. You must however be wary of some fraudsters in the city who are ready to prey on people’s desire to travel to Europe.
Here are 5 travel scams you must be wary of in Lagos.
Visa Lottery
Since 2013, Nigeria has been excluded from the American diversity visa lottery but fraudsters in Lagos still advertise asking people to apply through them. Canada is also another destination that fraudsters use to lure Lagosians who are eager to travel out of the country. You need to be very careful when patronising these agencies that claim to have lottery openings to all countries as most of them only want to make you pay and pay until you have spent your last money before you realise that they have nothing to offer.
International Job Offers
You need to be wary of job offers in European countries that require little or no skill. Some of these offers do not even require academic qualifications too. Some of these offers are actually slavery in disguise. The agent who has contacts in these countries is already paid to get people who would be used as factory or farm helps. Usually, the agent pays for the travel expenses just to lure people. The victim is sent to a remote part of the country where he or she works for a period without pay because the agent has already been paid for the service. This is not usually known the person reaches the country.
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Errand Scam
Another travel scam to be wary of is one that involves visiting a European country with little or no details about the nature of the visit. The person may tell you that you can make money in some countries without doing anything. The person might tell you that he has a relative who will be waiting in the country to receive you. All you have to do is to help deliver a package. Most times, the package is illegal drug which will not be made known to you as you are the courier. If you are caught at the airport with the drug, ignorance will not be considered an acceptable excuse. If you are caught with the drug in Indonesia, Malaysia, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, China or Saudi Arabia, you might be sentenced to death as these countries have strict laws against drug trafficking.
Kidney Sale
Some Lagosians fall for the popular scam that involves the sale of their kidney to make millions of Naira. The scheme involves a paid trip to a country in Europe where you can sell your kidney. A similar but worse situation is when you are asked to visit the country and after a few months, you are ordered back to Nigeria only to find out in a hospital that your kidney has been removed. The danger of this travel scam is that he operation is not usually done properly because the scheme is illegal.
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Female Cantered Travel
This type of travel offer is exclusively available to ladies. The offer is that a well-paying job is available in one country abroad but in reality, the ladies are sold to sex slavery and mad prostitutes. The unfortunate thing is that the agent receives payment for the ladies and they are made to serve the master or mistress for a number of years before they are allowed to be independent. The nature of the job is usually hidden until the person gets to the foreign country.
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REVEALED: Top 5 Lagos Travel Scams You Must Not Fall For (PHOTOS)
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