A Turkish company scammed dozens of Umrah pilgrims on the promise of going to Makkah and instead sent them to the southeastern provinces of Gaziantep and Kahramanmaras, Hurriyet Daily News reported on Friday.
At least 68 people claimed to have paid $690 on the hopes of going to Saudi Arabia to perform holy Islamic ritual of Umrah. Instead, customers where given a tour of Gaziantep and Sanliurfa on a bus.
After customers realised that the bus was not taking them to an airport to catch a flight to Saudi Arabia, they informed the police who stopped the tour bus and took the drivers for questioning.
