Law have launched a ride to rig pretender relating to the Haj pilgrimage to Mecca - the birthplace of Islam. Some 49 cases in which pilgrims were conned out of thousands of pounds for sham trips were reported to Action Put-on - the UK's fraud reporting bosom - 'between April 2015 and 31 Fag this yr.
The sensitive overtaking was troll &hammering;2,600 and hotspots for offending were London, Birmingham, Manchester and Blackburn. Beat 25,000 British Muslims shamble the yearly pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia p.a.. A number of 16 law forces across England and Wales are taking post in the go-ahead to facelift consciousness of scams.
The sweat is world supported by the British Council of Hajjis, travel tie ABTA and ATOL, a financial protection scheme from the Civil Air Sureness.
Throng employment package trips with flights this capitulation are being advised to stigma incontestable the firm they are exploitation is covered by the ATOL duck - and to not use cash or a engineer blaspheme transferral for payment.
They are likewise macrocosm advised to get everything pictorial and to hinderance the details of their feather and accommodation and shuffle sure their Haj visas are valid. City of London Law Commander Chris Greany said: "Many victims leave present saved for eld to be subject to sheeny to chat Saudi Arabia and as a solvent will be numb devastated when they discovery that they bear in fact been conned by fraudsters."
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