Re: How I Was Scammed By A Hotel / Booking Agency At Murtala Mohammed Airport by Tessy2009(m): 9:04am On Dec 23, 2016 |
Did the lady issued you a receipt? What is the total amount written on the Receipt? If it isn't 105K, you have a case, otherwise no case. |
Re: How I Was Scammed By A Hotel / Booking Agency At Murtala Mohammed Airport by toprealman: 9:22am On Dec 23, 2016 |
XXLDICK: Okay, only people of different nationalities should be duped
OP, next time always verify things. Such can never happen to me That's an irrelevant conclusion. So if I say....good morning to you, going by your inference....the previous afternoon and evening were bad? You don't choose a subset in this case, the OP has all the privileges attached to such a luxury. You can only work with what he brings to the table. "It can never happen to me"....you say, Oga trust me, worse things must have happened to you in the past but your ego won't let you see, accept or share it here. It can happen to anybody given the conditions our newly love stricken OP found himself. Bless ya brah.... |
Re: How I Was Scammed By A Hotel / Booking Agency At Murtala Mohammed Airport by Nobody: 9:25am On Dec 23, 2016 |
typical nigerians the only thing they are very good at is scamming their fellow country people |
Re: How I Was Scammed By A Hotel / Booking Agency At Murtala Mohammed Airport by iukpe: 9:41am On Dec 23, 2016 |
Do South Africans come to Nigeria for vacation? ..just asking. |
Re: How I Was Scammed By A Hotel / Booking Agency At Murtala Mohammed Airport by XXLDICK(m): 9:50am On Dec 23, 2016 |
toprealman:
That's an irrelevant conclusion. So if I say....good morning to you, going by your inference....the previous afternoon and evening were bad? You don't choose a subset in this case, the OP has all the privileges attached to such a luxury. You can only work with what he brings to the table. "It can never happen to me"....you say, Oga trust me, worse things must have happened to you in the past but your ego won't let you see, accept or share it here. It can happen to anybody given the conditions our newly love stricken OP found himself. Bless ya brah.... What I meant is we shouldn't dupe anyone irrespective of one's nationality or any reason at all. Different nationality doesn't make it less disgusting to me. Sure, I have fallen victim in the past. But experience they say is the best teacher. Now, I'm extra careful |
Re: How I Was Scammed By A Hotel / Booking Agency At Murtala Mohammed Airport by Nobody: 10:51am On Dec 23, 2016 |
obidevine: Hello nairalanders, I'd like you all to read this my epistle on my bad experience with a travel / hotel booking agency in Muritala Mohammed international Airport, Lagos , Nigeria.
I and my wife got a 3 months visitor's visa to South Africa , our visas were granted after we had satisfied all their visa requirements ( with our hotel bookings and statement of account verified) .
On the day we were meant to travel, we got to the departure area of Kenya airways (the airline company we were meant to fly with), the airline attendants asked for a copy of our hotel booking and "yellow card", to my surprise I and my wife forgot the print out of our hotel booking, but luckily we had our yellow cards.
The flight attendant told us that we couldn't go through without our hotel reservation, I told him that we got the visa because the south African Embassy had verified all our documents -hotel reservations included- before granting us the visa , the attendant ( a nigerian) was adamant that without the reservation we couldn't go through, he even told us that even if he let's us pass that when we get to South Africa they would send us back because we didn't have evidence that we had a hotel reservation, I thought to myself " which kain wahala be this sef".
A lady who was standing beside called my wife aside and said she could help us book another hotel accommodation, she directed us to her desk just opposite where the airline attendant was harassing us, we had to cancel our former booking and eventually ended up paying 105,000 naira for 4 nights stay in another hotel, the lady printed out the document and handed it to us, we took it to the attendant and he granted us passage.
When we eventually arrived Johannesburg, South Africa to our surprise they didn't even ask us for the hotel booking, they only checked our yellow cards , warmly welcomed us to their beautiful country and stamped us in , we found our way to the hotel they booked for us, after showing the hotel manager ( who coincidentally is a Nigerian) the booking print out he looked at it and told us that the booking was only done for 1 night, I and my wife didn't look at the print out in Nigeria because we were in a hurry not to miss our flight ( it was when the hotel manager pointed out a couple of things on the printout that we realized to our dismay that the lady in Nigeria booked only one night for us after collecting money and claiming she booked 4 nights) , I and my wife were perplexed, we had to pay for another 4 nights . It's obvious that the Nigerian man working with Kenya airways that checked our documents at Muritala Mohammed airport connived with the hotel booking agency to rip us off.
The reason I'm writing this is to bring to the fore the fact that this travel / hotel booking agency with their desk directly opposite Kenya airways departure section is a big scam ( they didn't even put their name on the receipt because they know they are a scam) the reason why we didn't scrutinize the printout like I said was because we were in a hurry not to miss our flight. I really don't know why we ( Nigerians) like to be so cruel to ourselves. This should serve as a warning to all of us that we should always scrutinize receipts and other documents given to us.
After your holiday,take your receipts back and demand for a refund. |
Re: How I Was Scammed By A Hotel / Booking Agency At Murtala Mohammed Airport by lolamitayo: 10:51am On Dec 23, 2016 |
Jwonder: that's Nigeria for you 9ger no go carry last! |
Re: How I Was Scammed By A Hotel / Booking Agency At Murtala Mohammed Airport by simon7777: 11:33am On Dec 23, 2016 |
105k for 4 night u most b having a laugh |
Re: How I Was Scammed By A Hotel / Booking Agency At Murtala Mohammed Airport by toprealman: 12:32pm On Dec 23, 2016 |
XXLDICK:
What I meant is we shouldn't dupe anyone irrespective of one's nationality or any reason at all. Different nationality doesn't make it less disgusting to me. Sure, I have fallen victim in the past. But experience they say is the best teacher. Now, I'm extra careful You are right, the menace of fraudsters should not be condoned irrespective of the nationality of their victims. But then again, I don't think the OP is in support of such rip off. He was only dealing with the matter at hand. Compliments of the season bro. |
Re: How I Was Scammed By A Hotel / Booking Agency At Murtala Mohammed Airport by obidevine(m): 1:48am On Dec 24, 2016 |
toprealman:
That's an irrelevant conclusion. So if I say....good morning to you, going by your inference....the previous afternoon and evening were bad? You don't choose a subset in this case, the OP has all the privileges attached to such a luxury. You can only work with what he brings to the table. "It can never happen to me"....you say, Oga trust me, worse things must have happened to you in the past but your ego won't let you see, accept or share it here. It can happen to anybody given the conditions our newly love stricken OP found himself. Bless ya brah.... Thanks for coming to my rescue. |
Re: How I Was Scammed By A Hotel / Booking Agency At Murtala Mohammed Airport by toprealman: 12:12pm On Dec 24, 2016 |
obidevine:
Thanks for coming to my rescue. REGARDS BRAH, WE ALL LEARN EVERYDAY. |
Re: How I Was Scammed By A Hotel / Booking Agency At Murtala Mohammed Airport by laudate: 2:41pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
obidevine: Hello nairalanders, I'd like you all to read this my epistle on my bad experience with a travel / hotel booking agency in Muritala Mohammed international Airport, Lagos , Nigeria.
I and my wife got a 3 months visitor's visa to South Africa , our visas were granted after we had satisfied all their visa requirements ( with our hotel bookings and statement of account verified) .
On the day we were meant to travel, we got to the departure area of Kenya airways (the airline company we were meant to fly with), the airline attendants asked for a copy of our hotel booking and "yellow card", to my surprise I and my wife forgot the print out of our hotel booking, but luckily we had our yellow cards.
The flight attendant told us that we couldn't go through without our hotel reservation, I told him that we got the visa because the south African Embassy had verified all our documents -hotel reservations included- before granting us the visa , the attendant ( a nigerian) was adamant that without the reservation we couldn't go through, he even told us that even if he let's us pass that when we get to South Africa they would send us back because we didn't have evidence that we had a hotel reservation, I thought to myself " which kain wahala be this sef".
A lady who was standing beside called my wife aside and said she could help us book another hotel accommodation, she directed us to her desk just opposite where the airline attendant was harassing us, we had to cancel our former booking and eventually ended up paying 105,000 naira for 4 nights stay in another hotel, the lady printed out the document and handed it to us, we took it to the attendant and he granted us passage.
When we eventually arrived Johannesburg, South Africa to our surprise they didn't even ask us for the hotel booking, they only checked our yellow cards , warmly welcomed us to their beautiful country and stamped us in , we found our way to the hotel they booked for us, after showing the hotel manager ( who coincidentally is a Nigerian) the booking print out he looked at it and told us that the booking was only done for 1 night, I and my wife didn't look at the print out in Nigeria because we were in a hurry not to miss our flight ( it was when the hotel manager pointed out a couple of things on the printout that we realized to our dismay that the lady in Nigeria booked only one night for us after collecting money and claiming she booked 4 nights) , I and my wife were perplexed, we had to pay for another 4 nights . It's obvious that the Nigerian man working with Kenya airways that checked our documents at Muritala Mohammed airport connived with the hotel booking agency to rip us off.
The reason I'm writing this is to bring to the fore the fact that this travel / hotel booking agency with their desk directly opposite Kenya airways departure section is a big scam ( they didn't even put their name on the receipt because they know they are a scam) the reason why we didn't scrutinize the printout like I said was because we were in a hurry not to miss our flight. I really don't know why we ( Nigerians) like to be so cruel to ourselves. This should serve as a warning to all of us that we should always scrutinize receipts and other documents given to us. Na dis kind thing I no dey like! Have you reported this incident to the police or the local DSS office? You know where the hotel booking agency official is located within the airport. There is an Airport Police Command located on that trunk road that links the MMIA Airport to the local airport. Report the case. Follow up with the police. Do your best to ensure the culprits are brought to book. And then update us on the progress made. That is the way to fight crime! 1 Like |
Re: How I Was Scammed By A Hotel / Booking Agency At Murtala Mohammed Airport by obidevine(m): 4:24pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
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Re: How I Was Scammed By A Hotel / Booking Agency At Murtala Mohammed Airport by DisGuy: 9:01pm On Dec 27, 2016 |
obidevine:
Seems you didn't read my story well I sure i read it very well, If you booked yourself the first time around, you'll have access to your confirmation in your email via your smartphone- No need for print out If your in a rush at the airport you could still have booked there and then with your phone Travel agents are going out of fashion everywhere else apart from Naija, I've never used them- expect for online agents like expedia Not too sure you will get much reprieve though I'm sure the guys at the airports are one man agents. hope you enjoyed your time in SA |
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