k10: you would be surprised to know the workers themselves might not know it is a scam!

Siga: Someone sent this to me. They came across these fraudsters at the Ikorodu ... this is so sad... why do Nigerians do this to our own kind or anyone for that matter...

Please warn any gullible being out there... there is nothing like Canada visa lottery... Please be warned... if you need any info about Canada... visit

www.cic.gc.ca or any of the travel sections on Nairaland... dont fall for this please...

4bobo:
it was a typo error now. U dont need 2 abuse him now.
@topic. They are evrywhere now, ikeja, island,oshodi. But my friend in america told me there is something like canadian visa lottery. He even sent me a link last year and one of our friends did it and in canada now. So i dont know the mix up now.

Siga: ....U are very correct... U know its a violation to charge people for any immigration service if u are not a Certified Canadian Immigration Consultant... U are allowed to do it free...

k10: you would be surprised to know the workers themselves might not know it is a scam!

Anvaller:

Ok dude, I understand your concern but from this picture, there is no cause for alarm whatsoever, most especially from a legal point of view. They did not advertise Visa Lottery, they only advertised Canada Visa for work, live and study and there is nowhere that says u are guaranteed to get visa at that cost and at their services. From that perspective if a client goes to them and they charge 500naira, well they might have produced information and tips on how u can go about ur applications. It's not too bad if they charged 500naira for that, at least they are not charging 5000naira. If anyone do not want to be shortchanged, go online and do ur own research. If u can't then u must be ready to pay for ur laziness that's it.

Magic Bishop:

Are they working from Canada?
Since they are not how can Canadian Law be applicable to them?

In my book, they are not doing anything illegal as they are acting as agents in procuring a Canadian visa.

The only people that need to be punished are the ignoramus who will fall for it.

Nigerians like to claim they are smart but in reality Nigeria is home to the largest legions of Certifiable maggas.

4bobo:
it was a typo error now. U dont need 2 abuse him now.
@topic. They are evrywhere now, ikeja, island,oshodi. But my friend in america told me there is something like canadian visa lottery. He even sent me a link last year and one of our friends did it and in canada now. So i dont know the mix up now.

Siga: ....There is absolutely nothing they can do... its left to Naija authority to stop it...and u wont believe how many EDUCATED guys still mail me asking about this....

25omega: To be fair, the picture doesn't show any advertisement that says lottery. It might be an info desk which would cost you N500

Siga: Someone sent this to me. They came across these fraudsters at the Ikorodu ... this is so sad... why do Nigerians do this to our own kind or anyone for that matter...

Please warn any gullible being out there... there is nothing like Canada visa lottery... Please be warned... if you need any info about Canada... visit

www.cic.gc.ca or any of the travel sections on Nairaland... dont fall for this please...

MagicBishop:
Canada has long increased visa restrictions to Nigerians and it has become even more hard of recent, to secure an immigration visa to Canada than a tourist visa (the reverse used to be the case). This new development is coming in the wake of the economic gloom Canada's big neighbor to the south is experiencing.

More and more white collared, Ivy leagued, young Americans are heading north to Canada and in most cases opting for a Canadian passport.

The situation has also become more grim for would be emigres from third world countries like Nigeria owing to their lowered skill level and their inability to fully integrate within the Canadian society, something white Americans can easily make the switch since Canada shares a lot of cultural similarities with the U.S.

Also, abuse of immigration rights, false claims for asylum, redundancy and dependency on social welfare by many Nigerians in Canada has made that country evolve "thick skinned" immigration laws against Nigerians especially. You can all blame Ms Kemi Omololu for contributing hugely to this new policy arrangement.

This is not the first time that Nigerians collectively have to suffer for the crimes or idiocracies (as in the case of Omololu), I recalled being told by my dad, that in the 70's , you could buy a ticket on the counter and be in London in 6hrs without having to obtain a Visa. You would be guaranteed a 2 week stay on presenting your passport to the immigration officer at Heathrow.

Now all that has changed.
Drug peddling in the 70's, birthing arrangements (The Parents of most if not all the Tokunbos are guilty of this), scam marriages, credit card frauds, petty theft and the current high welfare and dole dependents of resident Nigerians in the UK all made Nigerians persona-non-gratis

Pic related: It is that crazy old wind bag that got deported