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.

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.

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.

Source:https://www.naij.com/568656-revealed-top-5-lagos-travel-scams-must-not-fall-photos.html

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These scams re really bad...my friend has spent so much on visa lottery..,jide i know sold his kidney in india..how much sef...but seriously the husstle is real..it all pains me knowing that these guys were all trying to make it in life...hmmm..lord please bless my hustle