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September 8th, 2010 
biom Question by jubmaan: Has anyone heard about a fee to leave Nigeria called the travellers assistance fund.?
A travel agency, Gerizim Travel and Tours in Nigeria claims that this is a fund that must be shown to the Nigerian Immigration Service prior to leaving. They claim this money is an airlines and custom regulation as a first time traveler and will not be kept. They are asking for 00 U.S. I would appreciate any information anyone has about this.
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Answer by H
It's called SCAM. Simple like that.
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This is 100% a scam. There is no reason to ever show money when leaving any country.
These scammers normally just try to ask for $500. I’ve never heard any scammer being brazen enough to ask for $7000. Call the Nigerian embassy in your country who will comfirm that this does not exist and that someone is scamming you – they can hopefully give you the number to contact local police to report this travel agency and anyone else involved in the scam
A quick google search shows the real company called Gerizim Travel and Tourism is located in JORDAN, not even in Nigeria
They probably have no idea that Nigerian scammers are misusing their name
This is a fraud, all you show to nigerian immigration when leaving Nigeria is your passport. If Nigerians had to show $7000 no Nigerians would ever be able to leave the country. I was in Nigeria last year and there is no such thing
I visited Nigeria for the first time in September — no fee except for a small airport tax.
I traveled from Africa and showed my BTA money it is a regulation that travelers will have to show BTA money prove of minimum of US$7000 and maximum of US$15,000 so do not mind people talking rubbish that have never been to Africa and think all Africans are scammers.
Or that BAT, if you go to the NIS Command HQ you will see people who show BTA, the BTA is just a request for traveling as travelers are expected to show prove of sufficient funds to care for them self’s while in the destinations. To stop travelers from getting involved in crime