It's almost the weekend, so let's talk the business of travel.

Hello, happy Friday. This is the Marketplace Morning Report from the BBC World Service.

I'm Leanna Byrne. We'll start in Saudi Arabia. Every year, huge numbers of Muslims from around the world gather in Mecca for the Hajg pilgrimage,

but Saudi authorities are increasingly concerned about people being scammed, with many targeted by false social media ads and

fake permits. The BBC's Elabicknell has more. The Haj is a pilgrimage all Muslims are expected to make once in their lifetime if they are able.

As the fifth pillar of Islam, it's a right of passage.

However, an increasing number of pilgrims are

experiencing their worst nightmare, being refused entry to holy sites for

unknowingly buying a fake permit. It does cost a lot of money and many people would be saving for

years and years to be able to avoid a journey as such.

Peter Shalabi is a senior journalist from the BBC's Arabic service. She says the most common scams are advertised on social media.

So people can easily fall trap of the last minute hash package with very attractive prices.

One of the people I've spoken with told me that he knows of companies who would be paying people

loads of money to be writing fake reviews online.

Another man either interviewed spent $2,000 on his permit.

It wasn't until he arrived in Mecca that authorities told him the barcode was forged.

When I was speaking with him over the phone the guy was almost crying.

He kept telling me I lost my hush and my money as well.

I lost both and I am in Mecca like Kava is just a few meters away from me and I can't perform

harsh. He was really in a heartbroken kind of state. So far he's had no

response from the company which sold him the permit.

So he's staying now in a kind of a limbo not being able to perform hash while he's actually

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