LONDON – The United Kingdom police launches a campaign to protect British Muslims from fraudsters selling bogus travel packages to Makkah to perform Hajj, the City London Police posted on their official website.
The Police are speaking to Muslim community leaders across Britain and distributing Hajj fraud prevention leaflets in residential areas and local mosques.
About 25,000 British Muslims travel to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj, spending around £125 million on their pilgrimages every year.
Many pilgrims purchase these tour packages, however, upon arriving in Saudi Arabia discover that their accommodation is of extreme low quality, or don’t even exist in some cases. For others, the whole trip is a scam set up by illegal travel operators.
Last year 87 people reported to Action Fraud that they had fallen victim to Hajj fraud, with the total losses running to £237,995.
A travel agent from South London, lost £10,000 to Hajj fraudsters in 2013 when he purchased travel packages on behalf of some customers.
The travel agent further said he spoke to suppliers but they made excuses for not providing tickets and said they would send a refund, which they never did.
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