How We Got SCAMMED in Sierra Leone (Watch Out!)

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    This is NOT a story that I'm proud to share with you, but nonetheless, it's very important that it gets told.
    This trip of traveling across West Africa in our own vehicle has been a nightmare in pretty much every category. We are trying to look past the negatives and stay positive, but it's impossible when situations like this are happening to us every day at every single border crossing and police checkpoint.
    The level of corruption and bribery is out of this world, and we've experienced the worst here today on the border of Liberia entering Sierra Leone. We were scammed because we didn't have a cholera shot (which is 100% NOT the requirement, only yellow fever is). We were asked to pay $350, which we eventually settled at $150 (for 3 of us), and the worst part is that this money went directly into these corrupt officials' pockets.
    These guys, in full uniforms, are bandits. Thieves. And it makes me depressed thinking about it. I feel defeated. But we are moving on.
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  • @PPPeter_Official
    @PPPeter_Official Před 4 lety +7087

    When I was in Cameroon a police officer stopped our car, demanded the yellow fever vaccination card and once we handed it to him he claimed we had a huge problem because we were not vaccinated in Cameroon. After 15 minutes of absurd arguments I gave him $20, he smiled and we proceeded with our journey.
    You can't fight it, especially at the borders. Stay safe bro!

    • @GusAstro
      @GusAstro Před 4 lety +168

      I was thinking about your videos the whole time i watched this 😂, u should bring back the travel vlogs!!

    • @koustavchowdhury1034
      @koustavchowdhury1034 Před 4 lety +83

      Peter I love your African travel vlogs, restaurant review and comedy videos. You are awesome👏✊👍

    • @berserkoflust7999
      @berserkoflust7999 Před 4 lety +14

      LMFAOOOOO

    • @physicsbuff7509
      @physicsbuff7509 Před 4 lety +29

      hey Peter ! I love your work , please make some more travel vlogs .
      Respect from India.

    • @calebmurenn7616
      @calebmurenn7616 Před 4 lety +14

      Misses your African vlogs peter we want more✊✊💪

  • @tundesmith2353
    @tundesmith2353 Před 3 lety +1103

    I'm a Sierra Leonean currently living in Berlin, Germany. Everything you mentioned are completely true. I feel ashamed of my country. I wanna apologize on behalf of every decent Sierra Leonean

    • @tundesmith2353
      @tundesmith2353 Před 3 lety +9

      @Nuby I came as an international student

    • @mehmet24a
      @mehmet24a Před 2 lety +26

      don't worry, it's not your fault.

    • @kidsypherlilboy2483
      @kidsypherlilboy2483 Před 2 lety +1

      How Did You Move To Germany

    • @mehmet24a
      @mehmet24a Před 2 lety +7

      @Helmut Helmut oh c'mon. How can you say all officials are corrupt. Only some officials are doing this.I am sure that there are some honest officials over there too, who do their duties fine.

    • @djetsfan5773
      @djetsfan5773 Před 2 lety +8

      Not your fault bud

  • @murheroTV
    @murheroTV Před 3 lety +131

    As a Sierra Leonian this actually happened to me too in 2016 at the Lungi airport when I returned for the first time since I left as a child. They scammed me for $20, lying about how I needed a yellow fever card when the government at the time had stopped making it mandatory for people to come into the country. The sad thing is sometimes the central government is actually working hard to make sure bribery is eradicated, but unfortunately this is an issue that has been ingrained within many of our local countrymen for generations. I’m in full support with you guys for sharing this so we can continue to shed some light on one of deteriorating factors to Africa’s progression. Nevertheless, it’s a beautiful country and the people are very welcoming and friendly, hope you enjoy yourselves. #SierraLeone #Saloneborbor

    • @phibiengama8332
      @phibiengama8332 Před 2 lety

      I got scammed last week and paid also 20$telling me my vaccine are not completed,but I already got 2; he said I need 3!

    • @computerscienceresearch
      @computerscienceresearch Před 2 měsíci

      Please mail it to government

  • @stanleyjuniormoiwokamara1068

    As a Sierra Leonean I want to say I am deeply sorry for your encounter in my country which happened to be a bad one

    • @Berth407
      @Berth407 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Don’t apologize

  • @Bigboy-nx3nc
    @Bigboy-nx3nc Před 4 lety +1564

    It’s a common thing in West Africa , scammers are everywhere

    • @gabbykeys1399
      @gabbykeys1399 Před 4 lety +15

      Shut up fool

    • @TRXLLGE
      @TRXLLGE Před 4 lety +56

      Just like exchange scams in Prague in Czech Republic 🇨🇿

    • @Bigboy-nx3nc
      @Bigboy-nx3nc Před 4 lety +33

      EMMA ROYAL 0 Still won’t change the FACT

    • @start2957
      @start2957 Před 4 lety +4

      @@Bigboy-nx3nc ur just saying everyone is bad there

    • @Quandaledingleberg
      @Quandaledingleberg Před 4 lety +34

      It's common everywhere,

  • @bedecn262
    @bedecn262 Před 4 lety +578

    I'm glad you're exposing them.
    I'm from that part of the world, & bribery is a serious problem.

    • @abigailmarughu3403
      @abigailmarughu3403 Před 4 lety +2

      Naija🇳🇬

    • @anniegaye4041
      @anniegaye4041 Před 4 lety +2

      I went to Africa last year it was beautiful. I also saw my fam

    • @TheStraightGod
      @TheStraightGod Před 4 lety +5

      @@anniegaye4041 Where in Africa? It's a pretty big place.

    • @anniegaye4041
      @anniegaye4041 Před 4 lety +2

      @@TheStraightGod Monrovia

    • @sylviasworld9397
      @sylviasworld9397 Před 4 lety +2

      But he went to your country, Nigeria and he was not asked to pay a bribe was he? At least he didn't say he did. When bad things don't occur in your country (on occasion) you should also acknowledge it. Nigerians should not only be vocal to bow heads in shame, especially when the shame (this time) belongs to another country.

  • @alex__825
    @alex__825 Před 3 lety +891

    UPDATE: If you haven't known already, the scammers were arrested.

    • @emish4282
      @emish4282 Před 3 lety +30

      And? Not gonna stop all of them.

    • @alex__825
      @alex__825 Před 3 lety +195

      @@emish4282 Well if people keep going to social media about being scammed then more arrests will be made. I'm not saying it's all gonna stop them. I never said that in my original comment. I'm just saying the scammers were arrested.

    • @idklol9827
      @idklol9827 Před 3 lety +30

      @@emish4282 but we are one step closer to stopping all of them

    • @ogvamp2
      @ogvamp2 Před 3 lety +9

      @@idklol9827 bruh you can’t ever stop scamming. Scamming will always a problem for humanity

    • @idklol9827
      @idklol9827 Před 3 lety +4

      @@ogvamp2 yeah true I guess-

  • @lelandunruh7896
    @lelandunruh7896 Před 3 lety +38

    I've refused to pay bribes the vast majority of the time I've been in similar situations, and crazily enough it has usually worked. I've looked right at people and said some variation of, "Cool, get the cell ready/ok, I'm headed back across the border. I've registered with the U.S. Embassy, so I'll call them to let them know where I am. And I'll also call my contact in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs so that he can make arrangements. Thanks for your help." That has seldom failed to work.

    • @hata6290
      @hata6290 Před měsícem +1

      legendary response

  • @catelinapapa6727
    @catelinapapa6727 Před 4 lety +2720

    I’m from west Africa and I approve this message

    • @user-cc6jm3yx5y
      @user-cc6jm3yx5y Před 4 lety +77

      @@albertg63
      bruh wtf is wrong with you

    • @childofyah7603
      @childofyah7603 Před 4 lety +5

      😂😂

    • @adamelouali5279
      @adamelouali5279 Před 4 lety +8

      Trump

    • @vxexplodingredbear6833
      @vxexplodingredbear6833 Před 4 lety +11

      @@albertg63 Bro chill what did that person do to you?

    • @kingcp0878
      @kingcp0878 Před 4 lety +14

      Albert Graham so you’re just gonna act like those damn Pharisees? Just doing whatever you want and saying “Oh I can do whatever I want because Jesus will always forgive me”? You’re disgusting. Using Jesus to act like you did nothing wrong

  • @imamhosain4991
    @imamhosain4991 Před 4 lety +993

    Drew's a very humble and patient guy....That's why I like him soooo much😊😊😊

  • @juliusmorrison2206
    @juliusmorrison2206 Před 3 lety +52

    I was born in Sierra Leone and I have not been in a while because of this. The last time I went, I was stopped at the ferry and according to the guy, I need to clear the boarder. This is after we had clear the airport security. He told us that if we don't clear the boarder, we will have to spend the night there. I was so upset that I told him that we did not have any money, we will see him on our way back. Also, I was at the bank and an officer came up to me and asked me for me. He had a machine gun on him. I gave him so money. Now, I get it that the entire system is corrupt, but we come there to spend money and built the economy. I hear people say that educated Africans do not want to go back hone and help. This is why?

    • @saadjalloh2819
      @saadjalloh2819 Před 2 lety

      Boss kam back dis time u go see changes lol

    • @ode6105
      @ode6105 Před 2 lety

      They do it just for fun, cuz you dont know what to say to dem, n you don hear Crio!

  • @go0bygo0ber57
    @go0bygo0ber57 Před 4 lety +710

    Count how much he said yeah that’s a lot

  • @youyou2723
    @youyou2723 Před 4 lety +537

    The worst thing that could happen to someone is to be scammed and then later realise that you got scammed

    • @fjalls
      @fjalls Před 4 lety +27

      Or know that youre getting scammed and you just have to accept it

    • @sawsan3611
      @sawsan3611 Před 4 lety +1

      I don't recommend you live in turkey then, probably the most scamming country you'll ever be, they see foreigners as a walking bank machine, I've been here for a while so I even got the passport and I'm still being scammed cause my name is obviously foreign, its crazy

    • @BlancoWilliams
      @BlancoWilliams Před 4 lety +1

      universal man or you get Ebola

    • @mr.l3483
      @mr.l3483 Před 4 lety +3

      Yea thats the worst

    • @dinogaming4419
      @dinogaming4419 Před 4 lety +1

      Football Always / كورة دائمًا You wouldn’t be forced to pay a bribe.

  • @frankmiranda707
    @frankmiranda707 Před 4 lety +1130

    Cholera shot? If that existed, Yemen would be Cholera free.

    • @yohanes7650
      @yohanes7650 Před 4 lety +40

      Frank Miranda there actually is but like lasts 6 months with like 80% effectiveness

    • @rhiannabell4210
      @rhiannabell4210 Před 4 lety +20

      I have been vaccinated for cholera in the past before travel to cambodia and the doctors game me a drink to take 2x and the vaccination only lasted for a couple months

    • @HaloJumper7
      @HaloJumper7 Před 4 lety +8

      It is ingested and used in two parts in Yemen.

    • @Deveshi.A.
      @Deveshi.A. Před 4 lety +6

      Frank Miranda I thought cholera is a thing from history like plague , I came to know about that it still existing through drew video on Yemen , it used to be there in india too in 30s and 40s my dead grand mother used to tell about cholera deaths in Indian villages when she was a child

    • @shanidar
      @shanidar Před 4 lety +5

      @@Deveshi.A. I had a Cholera vaccination before I went to Africa in the 90s. Cholera is an excrement borne illness and so exists anywhere without proper sanitation and clean water.

  • @priscillaessandoh-yeddu8487

    Drew ,I'm very sorry this happened to you. As a west Africa I would say it's a big shame on our path because most people have that behavior but a few too are very good people and thanks for sharing this piece

  • @1971typhoon
    @1971typhoon Před 2 lety +26

    I lived in Sierra Leone for 6 years... It is one of the most corrupt places on earth. It is basically a failed country, but for me it has a very special place in my heart.. Love from Greece 🇬🇷♥️🙏

    • @ajuthaj2418
      @ajuthaj2418 Před 2 lety

      I will planning for visiting Sierra Leone can you give me your contact number

  • @senegalaise2251
    @senegalaise2251 Před 4 lety +413

    Next time you have problem in Africa, tell them that you are going to call your embassy. When you say that that will be the end of your problem.
    From a Senegalese sister

    • @johnchap8719
      @johnchap8719 Před 3 lety +16

      I cannot agree more, worked all the time I spend in Congo Brazzaville!

    • @viovenda8922
      @viovenda8922 Před 3 lety +8

      Queen! Thanks for this advice 🙏🏻

    • @adamender9092
      @adamender9092 Před 3 lety +4

      Thank you sister

    • @ssjxn
      @ssjxn Před 3 lety +18

      They threatened them that they will handcuff them? This is a dumb solution. The people of tourt country need to fix this , not the visitors. Terrible country

    • @cczsus6513
      @cczsus6513 Před 2 lety +9

      @@ssjxn I mean I agree I feel like you would be escalating the situation I even heard stories where they had guns like I rather pay then lose my life.

  • @k1kon145
    @k1kon145 Před 4 lety +408

    Man i just realised that Drew is over 1 million...
    Its a weird feeling.

    • @Anonymous-if5ic
      @Anonymous-if5ic Před 4 lety +8

      yea and he is growing fast too

    • @santuychannel3392
      @santuychannel3392 Před 4 lety +11

      Yasss about 6 month ago he only got about 90 k subs and now.. boom growing so fvckin fast

    • @banjoowo4001
      @banjoowo4001 Před 4 lety +1

      sooner than you know he is gonna hit 5 million at the end of the year

    • @idisown430
      @idisown430 Před 4 lety +1

      Nikesh what is his content about , i might check it out.

    • @gg-zg5tb
      @gg-zg5tb Před 4 lety +1

      Gucci Tre travels

  • @beaadventurous1479
    @beaadventurous1479 Před rokem +3

    I’m sorry you had to experience that. I’ve just come back from Sierra Leone where I had a brilliant experience and found nothing but kindness and friendliness.

  • @TravelwithSuccess
    @TravelwithSuccess Před 3 lety +3

    Hey am from Liberia 🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷 but I live in the Philippines 🇵🇭🇵🇭 and a young travel Vlogger here too is so nice that you visited my country ✈️✈️✈️

  • @lawrence711
    @lawrence711 Před 4 lety +529

    Man that’s embarrassing for my country
    Sorry about the way they treated you at the border....We’re not all like that

    • @yabazyabacoffee
      @yabazyabacoffee Před 4 lety

      The camera guy Studio major yikes to me and I’ve not even been back to my parents country

    • @dn791
      @dn791 Před 4 lety +5

      You are like that accept it. It will never change.

    • @lawrence711
      @lawrence711 Před 4 lety +21

      D N quiet please, thankfully the scammers got arrested

    • @mapdyne4791
      @mapdyne4791 Před 4 lety +14

      D N stfu

    • @dn791
      @dn791 Před 4 lety +25

      @@mapdyne4791 if you are trying to hide the fact you are trying to hide the cure as well. First step of fixing your problem is accepting that its there. That went public because he is foreigner and white, I as an african pay those thugs for every move, every one pays. Almost 99 percent of the officials are corrupt. I doubt this time those who are said to be arrested are even arrested for real. We have deep rooted problem of corruption and it will not be fixed anytime soon by the way they are going. It needs a complete rehabilitation of the system a complete over haul.

  • @CharlesettaAde
    @CharlesettaAde Před 4 lety +329

    “Everyone on the Liberian 🇱🇷 side of the border was very friendly.... they even got their money back! Go Liberia! 🇱🇷😌❤️....

    • @uncleruckus2974
      @uncleruckus2974 Před 4 lety +4

      it was only 50 bucks !
      come to philippines ! lots a scammers
      BUT thankfully i have NEVER in my life been cheated or scammed

    • @huckactivate2658
      @huckactivate2658 Před 4 lety +3

      Uncle Ruckus your saying Philippines is the worst? get out of the country then

    • @uncleruckus2974
      @uncleruckus2974 Před 4 lety +11

      @@huckactivate2658 did I say WORSE ??
      NNNOOOO i just said got plenty scammers
      and that i have NEVER been cheated
      you dont know how to read english ?

    • @uncleruckus2974
      @uncleruckus2974 Před 4 lety +2

      @@huckactivate2658 you been to my country before ? go to lto got plenty fixers there .
      even ms earth philippines used a fixer to get a passport and was fake ! they stopped her at the airport last week (i think in france)

    • @TommyDragonheart
      @TommyDragonheart Před 4 lety +3

      Concept: We stop trying to one up each other and help each other instead

  • @maliekjcksn
    @maliekjcksn Před 3 lety +3

    Drew, good looking out on giving us this info about Sierra Leone.

  • @Nicksolo2369
    @Nicksolo2369 Před 3 lety +9

    Thank you for making this public so people that are pkanning to travel there are aware of the corruption and DANGERS.

  • @chad5137
    @chad5137 Před 4 lety +403

    "Papers, please."
    *Discrepancy Detected*
    "You don't have a cholera shot."
    "Oh, do I need it?"
    *Detained*

  • @thebeast5301
    @thebeast5301 Před 4 lety +114

    I have been through the Guine-Sierra Leone border many times and I recommend taking a flight
    There is too much hassle

    • @Yman83464z
      @Yman83464z Před 4 lety

      @@beny988 but you know you originated from this home, right? And the world is changing, right? Maybe in 100years - your descendants will be practically BLACK people, right?

    • @zonk4817
      @zonk4817 Před 4 lety

      @@beny988 Delusional

    • @Yman83464z
      @Yman83464z Před 4 lety +1

      @@beny988 OK Ben Y...
      Strangely, we are almost all Blacks in Africa - but I will let that by...
      There are good, kind, hardworking and welcoming people here in Africa too. And regardless of what you might feel - people all over the world will still go to other people's homes for visits, to work, for shopping, for safaris, to explore, for adventure... That is human nature.
      I am a Nigerian. I currently live in Nigeria. My family is British and currently live in the UK. We visit back and forth. I hear of knifing in the UK - but I know not everyone is a knifeman or a moped raider... I go shopping and shooting several times a year in the US - we hear of all the killings of black people by Police in the US - it wouldn't stop me from going there - I know not all white people there hate blacks like myself, and not every cop is just out to kill black people...
      Ben Y - there are good and bad people in every corner of the world. People will forever travel for whatever reason. We are human, we are one.

    • @Yman83464z
      @Yman83464z Před 4 lety +1

      @@beny988 as you saw in Drew's Videos (And I encourage you to watch ALL of them) Africa is not just some corrupt and degenerate 'shit-hole' as the Orangeman said. There are happy, good, people here. We are not all infested with Ebola - that is quite an infantile, immature, and ignorant idea. I sit here right now on the 13th floor of an office complex in Lagos, with a Dell Laptop and a 2019 Samsung phone, communicating with you. And no - we did not steal the money - Nigeria for example is an Oil-producing country. There are thousands of cars out the window, skyscrapers, planes taking off from the airport nearby...I could go on and on - but I suggest you open your mind and learn about Africa - the cradle of civilisation.

    • @Yman83464z
      @Yman83464z Před 4 lety +1

      @@beny988 I suggest you watch all of Drew's other emails on his travels in Africa. We are not all "vile" and disgusting. Many of us in Africa have better personal hygiene than many other people.

  • @chofis9125
    @chofis9125 Před 2 lety +19

    Scammer

  • @Cepatino
    @Cepatino Před 3 lety

    I love your channel, thanks for letting me precise which countries I wanna visit, and which I must avoid.

  • @gdiizy
    @gdiizy Před 4 lety +352

    Everybody:
    Drew: yea
    Alvaro: essentially!

  • @andrewgarcia8302
    @andrewgarcia8302 Před 4 lety +815

    If i had a dollar for everyone drew said “yea” in this video ...

  • @hellosunshine9915
    @hellosunshine9915 Před 3 lety +3

    I'm so glad you got through safely !!

  • @Mynameisnotowen
    @Mynameisnotowen Před 3 lety +99

    RIP to travelers who pay for a "cholera" shot

    • @zombiefied7628
      @zombiefied7628 Před 3 lety +5

      I would NOT accept that shot. Lord knows what they might've done with them...

    • @victorjuarez1972
      @victorjuarez1972 Před 2 lety +1

      @@zombiefied7628 kill them while tracking them down then take their money

  • @ziggymarley6145
    @ziggymarley6145 Před 4 lety +14

    I am a Sierra Leonean and for what it is worth just want to say sorry for what you went through.
    I wish this goes viral here so they can get what they deserve.
    It's a beautiful country hope you guys enjoy it.

    • @ajuthaj2418
      @ajuthaj2418 Před 2 lety

      I planning for visit Sierraleone can you give me contact number

  • @abeargariani448
    @abeargariani448 Před 4 lety +3245

    Who got scammed in thier life before
    👇🏽

    • @aceisol4376
      @aceisol4376 Před 4 lety +83

      Me this scam still happens to everyone the scam is buying chips it only gives us half of the bag

    • @mugesh6563
      @mugesh6563 Před 4 lety +45

      @@aceisol4376- me buying air and they only give half a bag of air..

    • @raj_en6761
      @raj_en6761 Před 4 lety +6

      @@aceisol4376 lmao

    • @wheneggsdrop1701
      @wheneggsdrop1701 Před 4 lety +11

      Stop begging.

    • @rareaap8706
      @rareaap8706 Před 4 lety +11

      My fucking csgo skins lol

  • @jigrodrigues
    @jigrodrigues Před 2 lety +28

    The irony

  • @toyo5078
    @toyo5078 Před 3 lety +24

    In Vietnam at every police stop they teach me to grab the phone and start filming,99% of the time they let you go foreigner or not.

  • @RayMak
    @RayMak Před 4 lety +1116

    Bribery is staple in that country. No matter how we are against it.

  • @stroud__
    @stroud__ Před 4 lety +17

    love how drew acknowledges the positives in times of negativity. shows how unbiased and fair he is in assessing the places he travels to.

  • @exploresaloneandbeyond

    Sorry you had to go through that at our border. We are fighting corruption at every level of society. I'm positive it will be better next time.

  • @jeconiashangase9177
    @jeconiashangase9177 Před 2 lety

    😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
    Sorry guys you went through that,but thank you for updating us so that we must expect those things as well so that we didn’t get surprised 😮

  • @TheJaiteh
    @TheJaiteh Před 4 lety +10

    I have been following your traveling documentary for a while and as a Sierra Leonean I felt so ashamed of your experience in my country. We will forward this video and hope the official responsible take action against these fraudsters that dupe you guys. We are so sorry for this.

  • @PassengerParamvir
    @PassengerParamvir Před 4 lety +20

    This video was so important to be posted, thanks Drew!

  • @vladimirputin9435
    @vladimirputin9435 Před 3 lety +8

    Destroying careers of scammers world over, keep on good work, drew

  • @cmichelle6888
    @cmichelle6888 Před 8 měsíci +1

    You are ABSOLUTELY correct Drew! I got scammed in Sierra Leone twice back to back! Corruption is a huge problem in that part of the world! And its not only in West Africa but in East Africa too. These places need to change their mindset in order to progress! #allfacts

  • @rikkygaming6240
    @rikkygaming6240 Před 4 lety +280

    when Nigeria scammed you for 2dollar bracelet the comment was filled with hate ..but when Sierra Leone scammed you for 250dollars nobody is saying anything

    • @onioluwole7359
      @onioluwole7359 Před 4 lety +43

      Every moron always has some stupid joke about some Nigerian prince bulls*t. Nigerians are still learners when it comes to scams compared to some of these small African countries. 😂 😂 😂 😂

    • @BanlieueBaby
      @BanlieueBaby Před 4 lety +6

      c'mon bro you and i know nobody tops Nigeria in scamming.. i've seen it in London, Amsterdam & New York they got it on lock.. I use to scam back in days (heavy) and the Africans i dealt w/ mostly were Nigerians.. no cap.

    • @patiencesolomon3667
      @patiencesolomon3667 Před 4 lety +23

      The guy that sold the bracelet to him didn’t scammed because he didn’t forced the money out of his pocket..🇳🇬

    • @patiencesolomon3667
      @patiencesolomon3667 Před 4 lety +2

      You guys have to go and learn how to do business

    • @caesarsavage8894
      @caesarsavage8894 Před 4 lety +4

      @@BanlieueBaby fuck u to ur fifth generation u destitute

  • @RunTheAtlas
    @RunTheAtlas Před 4 lety +8

    Love hearing real travel stories. Thanks for sharing what it’s really like to travel in this region. Glad you guys are safe!

  • @1204
    @1204 Před rokem

    Sad to hear that.
    Thanks

  • @davidrees158
    @davidrees158 Před 3 lety +4

    People are tempting fate when you travel to such countries. I have travelled to a lot of Countries 86 and yes I have been scammed. Sometimes paying up and staying cool is the only safe way to get out of a difficult situation. You just have to take it on the chin! As an older traveller ( 66 ) I now stay away from counties which have a bad reputation but you can get scammed in any country! It's all a part of travelling the world! Interesting vid! Keep safe!

  • @moshesierra6849
    @moshesierra6849 Před 4 lety +5

    I’m
    Glad you guys are safe, I had similar experience back 2008 at the Thailand- CAMBODIA border on our way to Ankor Wat, lots of guys trying to get money off us, they kept lots of western backpackers trapped in the border asking for money for the visa, it was a very scary ordeal! Corruption is the number one reason why many countries are still not progressing

  • @ohyabuddy12
    @ohyabuddy12 Před 4 lety +3

    Good on you for exposing these type of situations and stay safe !

  • @siakassegbama-smit9812

    Thanks guys

  • @queentye7138
    @queentye7138 Před 3 lety

    Hey guys.. Glad your safe.

  • @defealeladia9990
    @defealeladia9990 Před 4 lety +6

    As a Nigerian I'm so sorry you experienced this. In West Africa, our biggest problem is, and has always been corruption and weak government institutions that keep disgracing us in every way they can.

  • @slayking8116
    @slayking8116 Před 4 lety +36

    And some people was screaming Drew got scammed because he bought a bracelet for $1 in Nigeria, from a street vendor🙄🙄

  • @Myriamesparkle
    @Myriamesparkle Před 2 lety

    That sounded soooo creepy 🤪
    I'm sorry you guys had to go through this. I got scammed right here in the Caribbean...

  • @daniellulie2938
    @daniellulie2938 Před 2 lety

    Sorry to hear that 😞

  • @distressedmystery7233
    @distressedmystery7233 Před 4 lety +62

    This is how many times people mentioned the time Drew said yea

  • @yetusdeletusfetusboii2306
    @yetusdeletusfetusboii2306 Před 4 lety +312

    Me: laying in my bed for 24 hours a day
    Drew binsky: he let me introduce myself I am visiting every country in the world
    Me: oh I didnt came out of my bed for the last 6 years.

    • @F7YUBVlogs
      @F7YUBVlogs Před 4 lety

      Janick Meijerink 1m subs that’s my dream, come watch my content and join me

    • @williamjames212
      @williamjames212 Před 4 lety +3

      @@F7YUBVlogs you rarely upload videos.

    • @mm_504
      @mm_504 Před 4 lety

      @@F7YUBVlogs the last video u uploaded was 7 months ago

    • @jackriley77
      @jackriley77 Před 4 lety

      Janick Meijerink I feel like your being serious

    • @FrancesAnneFong
      @FrancesAnneFong Před 4 lety

      Janick Meijerink you must be fat guy

  • @mac-ivanvandy7841
    @mac-ivanvandy7841 Před 5 měsíci

    “Things need to change if they want to progress in this country.” This is so true being stated in the video😢… May God make us realize this and change for the better

  • @mekor2009
    @mekor2009 Před 3 lety

    Thanks for the informative video. Sierra Leone is off my list!

    • @shekukamara862
      @shekukamara862 Před 3 lety +2

      Bruh you can still travel to Sierra Leone, but just make sure you travel by airplane not by car

    • @John-wu4rc
      @John-wu4rc Před 3 lety +1

      Good. You're not wanted there

  • @madhavpremjith3162
    @madhavpremjith3162 Před 4 lety +171

    When he explained the needle story😂

    • @moawil8569
      @moawil8569 Před 4 lety +2

      Yeah that was kinda funny

    • @wooshifgey8157
      @wooshifgey8157 Před 4 lety +3

      RaytheonGaming he said he was behind schedule so he had a reason

    • @artina1987
      @artina1987 Před 4 lety +13

      @@RAYTHEONGAMING no they didnt get the needle

    • @Baboonery_
      @Baboonery_ Před 4 lety +1

      @@RAYTHEONGAMING lol derp they didn't.

    • @krzysztofbosko9755
      @krzysztofbosko9755 Před 4 lety +1

      DONT TAKE VACCINES!!! THE GOVT WENT INTO AFRICA AND VACCINATED LARGE SUMS OF PEOPLE. I CAN SEE WHY THESE SIERRA LEON OFFICIALS HATE OUTSIDERS BECAUSE THEY BEEN SCREWED OVER BY OUTSIDERS!

  • @johnsesay2894
    @johnsesay2894 Před 4 lety +7

    All you said is facts. I’m a Sierra Leonean and I’m not surprised. Officials do that to even the citizens on a daily basis. Shameful!

  • @petdsp
    @petdsp Před 3 lety +4

    Something very similar almost happened to me in February 2019, entering Tanzania from Kenya at the Sirari Border Crossing Station, near Isebania!!! The health officials in Tanzania sent us to a room with closed doors at that Station and wanted us to pay U$50 each for a vaccine document. I was very firm to explain I did not want to "buy" that document as I already had the yellow fever document I showed them... Luckily they allowed us enter Tanzania without paying the U$50 each... But It was quite distressing!!!
    Also, some years ago, while leaving Swaziland, at the Lavumisa Border Post, the Swaziland immigration officials threatened to arrest me and my friends because we didnt have a Swaziland visa, since the other Swaziland officials at the Jeppes Reef border let us enter Swaziland on the same day, without a visa, after we said we would leave Swaziland on the same day from the Lavumisa border. Of course the Lavumisa officials were already warned of our presence by the Jeppes Reef officials that let us in... It as a real scam!!! At the Lavumisa Border Post the Swaziland immigration officials were very agressive and told us we would go to prison if we didnt pay them U$35 each to get the "exit visa"... The three of us were very scared so we ended up paying... Very distressing!!! That happened when we were driving from the Kruger to Richards Bay in South Africa and, at least on the map, crossing Swaziland seemed a faster option... But the roads in Swaziland are horrible, so don't make the same mistake and avoid Swaziland by all costs!!!!

    • @FABIOh1976
      @FABIOh1976 Před 3 lety +1

      Swaziland is a waste of time. Nothing there

    • @petdsp
      @petdsp Před 3 lety

      @@FABIOh1976 I agree!!!

    • @nusratparveen82
      @nusratparveen82 Před 3 lety

      Isn’t it eswatini now?

    • @petdsp
      @petdsp Před 3 lety

      @@nusratparveen82 yes. At that time it was called Swaziland...

  • @sherbanusaad6651
    @sherbanusaad6651 Před 3 lety

    I subscribed beautiful message!😊

  • @arianatorrr9263
    @arianatorrr9263 Před 4 lety +207

    Everytime Alvaro talks:
    Drew: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
    *REPEAT*

    • @Maxpakts
      @Maxpakts Před 4 lety +2

      Maybe he had to compensate for the "Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope." everytime the corrupt border guard talked ;-)

    • @jdbrad2302
      @jdbrad2302 Před 3 lety

      IKR

    • @frizzy9919
      @frizzy9919 Před 3 lety

      Yeah yeah yeah

    • @jamesfuller8342
      @jamesfuller8342 Před 3 lety +2

      It’s body language and voice of telling Alvaro to hurry up

    • @poopoo7769
      @poopoo7769 Před 3 lety

      Yayayayayyayya

  • @Klesh
    @Klesh Před 4 lety +7

    That’s ridiculous man thanks for the warning

    • @zarakargbo1981
      @zarakargbo1981 Před 4 lety

      ACC Breaking News‼‼‼‼
      _ACC's Scorpion Squad arrests Health Staff at the Liberia Sierra Leone Border_
      Following a widey circulated video from two American Tour Bloggers about Ministry of Health Staff attached to the border crossing with Liberia extorting $150 from them in a fake scam about Cholera Vaccine, the ACC's Scorpion Squad have this morning arrested and detained three identified staff, including the gentleman seen in the video processing the tourists, for further investigation.
      The Scropion Squad were immediately invoked by the Commissioner after reviewing the video last night and they moved in and set an intelligence perimeter around the border crossing point from at night. They then moved in with precision to arrest the said staff as they came in this morning for work having confirmed their identities and locations. They are being transported to the Commission in Freetown by the ACC team stationed in Bo to answer for the shame and disrespect they have brought to the country and its people should the investigations confirm their alleged actions.
      The ACC is currently taking steps to locate the tour bloggers so they can assist with the investigation and have the money taken from them refunded. We will be grateful if they, or any one who knows their whereabouts, can contact the ACC before they leave for Guinea.
      The ACC assures the Public that it will leave no stone unturned to help launder the image of the country and to hold the corrupt responsible for their actions and crimes.
      *© ACC Public Relations Unit*

  • @williamgamelisenaya793

    Drew thanks for high lighting the systematic corruption in West Africa hope things improve for the better.
    I'm from Ghana & I dread taking my holidays there because of corruption.
    I'll rather take my holidays in Asia
    Watching from Sydney Australia

  • @sekyiwaayvette1489
    @sekyiwaayvette1489 Před 2 lety +1

    Am a Ghanaian living in sierra leone and this is 💯 true scamming and stealing is very common and the saddest part is they don't see nothing wrong with it , it common thing to them

  • @Avetti1
    @Avetti1 Před 4 lety +50

    I love how drew is so humble in the most craziest situations
    Like to agree

    • @antontipura2686
      @antontipura2686 Před 4 lety

      I don't think that's good attitude. I was in only 10 countries, but I never got scammed (so far). You have to be a bit rude to deal with rude people, but appreciate good and helpful people

  • @paulcharles4941
    @paulcharles4941 Před 4 lety +13

    I'm truly apologizing on the behave of my country and fellow citizens.
    I'm a proud sierra leonean and I'm not in support of this corruption and disrespectful behaviour.
    Please I'm happy the Anti corruption Commision has taken a drastic action against it. Please you are welcome to come again and again. Thanks

    • @Unknown-rm8zp
      @Unknown-rm8zp Před 3 lety +1

      That's good because many people hate there countries because of government or Corruption

    • @aesirclassicpubgm8228
      @aesirclassicpubgm8228 Před 3 lety +1

      Unfortunately damage is already done. Bunch of people ruined your country Image now😑

    • @bryantthomas1830
      @bryantthomas1830 Před 3 lety

      @@aesirclassicpubgm8228 stfu corruption is everywhere you know how many people in America commit suicide because they got frauded out of money, stocks etc

  • @INDIBAYINGANZO9974
    @INDIBAYINGANZO9974 Před 3 lety +1

    You exactly experienced what I went through traveling the border between Tanzania and Zambia, and also between Rwanda and DRC. But on the Rwandan side there is no problem.

  • @IWatts007
    @IWatts007 Před 2 lety +7

    Little did he know he would become the scammer later on by putting a phone number on a community post telling people he was doing a q&a and then selling those phone numbers to advertisers.

    • @Armanii2795
      @Armanii2795 Před 2 lety

      Dhar Mann is doing the same thing

    • @unclegardener
      @unclegardener Před 2 lety

      @@Armanii2795 Wait what?

    • @unclegardener
      @unclegardener Před 2 lety

      @Rowdy Wolfy Yeah like I already know Nas Daily is a b*stard but Dhar Mann?

  • @SiistahSiistah
    @SiistahSiistah Před 4 lety +11

    I got so excited to see you were there then i saw the scam part, im so sorry

  • @dee-jh3bl
    @dee-jh3bl Před 4 lety +6

    I'm so sorry you guys had to experience that. I wish corruption wasn't a thing in the world but unfortunately it is.
    Have a safe trip and take care of yourselves. 💚

    • @hotpepper5037
      @hotpepper5037 Před 4 lety +2

      dude France and European union are stealing$$$$$$$$$$$ trillion from African for 700 years . there are using that money to build Europe. in return African are poor u guy are complaining 1 day oppression African is 700 years.

    • @dee-jh3bl
      @dee-jh3bl Před 4 lety

      @@hotpepper5037
      What? That doesn't give them the right to scam innocent tourists who did nothing to them

    • @mirowestmaas4566
      @mirowestmaas4566 Před 4 lety

      @@dee-jh3bl it gives them the right to scam whoever the hell they want. Especially Europeans and Americans. I would pay it and would still feel bad for the people. We are rich because they are poor.

    • @PLAYSTATIONGUYGaming
      @PLAYSTATIONGUYGaming Před 4 lety

      @@mirowestmaas4566 This comment is very stupid. Why don't you donate to the country?

    • @hotpepper5037
      @hotpepper5037 Před 4 lety

      @@dee-jh3bl please explain to me them what give the right to European to today 2019 to steal $500 billions dollar from Africa people. please explain that to me. if a white man is complaining about one day oppressing what should African 700 years oppression and infinite wealth stole. to be fair please explain that to me. justice is a two way street if one is stealing infinite wealth them it is not justice.it is slave

  • @fadishour7360
    @fadishour7360 Před 3 lety +1

    As a Lebanese born and raised in Sierra Leone , a land I consider home , this is not what Sierra Leone is like generally . Beautiful welcoming people , you will get help without asking for it , if your car breaks down in the middle of nowhere you will see someone show up to help you . I understand your frustration about being scammed but I wish you would have made a more in-depth video about beautiful mama Salone . One day in that country will make you forget about the scammers . In my opinion this video does little in terms of making me think different about Sierra Leone and it’s people .. the most wonderful people on this earth . God bless this beautiful and peaceful nation .

    • @shermarkijames
      @shermarkijames Před 3 lety

      They have every right to be pissed. I would be too. Fuck everything else. I would never go back or say anything positive.

    • @fadishour7360
      @fadishour7360 Před 3 lety

      @@shermarkijames show me where I said they shouldn’t be pissed . All I’m saying is he should have made more videos about the country .

  • @lynette9815
    @lynette9815 Před 2 lety

    Been scrolling through your videos checking if you've been to Uganda

  • @alinorlo3633
    @alinorlo3633 Před 4 lety +31

    That is why tourists won’t go a lot in countries like this one... so sorry ! I love Africa

  • @youngsmokes6687
    @youngsmokes6687 Před 4 lety +6

    18 countries left..
    Oooo I smell new unseen crazy content coming from Drew after hes completed travelling to every country in the world!!

  • @IndiaIn2072
    @IndiaIn2072 Před 2 měsíci +8

    I'm here, after watching passenger paramveer video..... And you ??

  • @Kevin64.
    @Kevin64. Před 2 lety +33

    Oh man the irony

    • @ChillHD
      @ChillHD Před rokem +2

      What do you mean?

    • @MrMrefeer
      @MrMrefeer Před rokem +2

      In what way like how is it ironic

    • @KurohigeDTeach-yy3yk
      @KurohigeDTeach-yy3yk Před rokem

      You both are pretty slowly or just not up to date...

    • @ChillHD
      @ChillHD Před rokem

      @@KurohigeDTeach-yy3yk well that’s why I’m asking, what’s going on?

    • @tamarodiallo6258
      @tamarodiallo6258 Před rokem

      The irony indeed ! 😂

  • @nikobellic2887
    @nikobellic2887 Před 4 lety +6

    Damn. I mean, these always happen sometimes.
    Good luck in the future Drew Binsky.

    • @jayzg60
      @jayzg60 Před 4 lety

      If you watch his Instagram, you can see he had to bribe multiple times in their travels between cities. Not just border crossings.

  • @zvlogs772
    @zvlogs772 Před 4 lety +167

    Cholera is a real thing but still
    Yikes

    • @jurisoiri4075
      @jurisoiri4075 Před 4 lety +10

      Z Vlogs no shit its a real thing but it was eradicated

    • @THISxISxTHExMOMENT
      @THISxISxTHExMOMENT Před 4 lety +12

      It definitely wasnt erasicated, millions of people get cholera every year, especially in African countries.... Sierre Leone specificially just had a massive outbreak a few years ago......

    • @francisnwadike9505
      @francisnwadike9505 Před 4 lety +1

      Can you talk about millions stolen in Africa by white just keep low is everywhere

    • @sasig5215
      @sasig5215 Před 4 lety

      @@francisnwadike9505 what

    • @Exekutioncro
      @Exekutioncro Před 4 lety +1

      @@sasig5215 its always the whites fault ... thats why africa stopped developing, because they rather blame the white man than to work on their problems.

  • @B.K557
    @B.K557 Před 3 lety +1

    I am from the netherlands
    When We go to turkey by car we always just pay in Bulgaria the same shit. But it's called çorba parası ( soup money) if you don't pay they close the whole border. Usually it's 5 or 10 euro's. Sometimes they close the whole highway to scam.

  • @arthuraquaye8881
    @arthuraquaye8881 Před 2 lety +1

    4:50 How many times did Drew say “Yeah” 😂

  • @RayMak
    @RayMak Před 4 lety +261

    This is a really scary experience.

    • @kadalijo2806
      @kadalijo2806 Před 4 lety +17

      Seeing you commenting in hundred comment sections, is a really scary experience.

    • @RayMak
      @RayMak Před 4 lety +8

      @@kadalijo2806 true man. That's even more scary....

    • @moplayz7346
      @moplayz7346 Před 4 lety +6

      Ray Mak if u reply to my reply to ur comment that will be even more scarier

    • @RayMak
      @RayMak Před 4 lety +7

      @@moplayz7346 why? Hehehe

    • @moplayz7346
      @moplayz7346 Před 4 lety +3

      Ray Mak OMG 😱

  • @valtteri7882
    @valtteri7882 Před 4 lety +109

    "We ran out of money"
    N0w we need yours

  • @fanli2462
    @fanli2462 Před 3 lety +1

    I crossed the same boarder 2 months after you. No trouble at all. However, I was asked for bribe on the way to the boarder in Liberia, downtown Freetown, and Freetown airport.

  • @keronemunsie2893
    @keronemunsie2893 Před 3 lety

    They are thief. Keep up the good work guys love the travel videos

  • @LENILOVEGOOD
    @LENILOVEGOOD Před 4 lety +4

    So sorry to hear that! I live in Ghana since 4 years and have been to a few other african countries and i love living here so much, but the bribing and corruption is just such a big problem that always makes me so sad and angry! i mean all these countries are sooo beautiful and i would love for so many more tourists to come and see them and realize that you can have a beautiful and save travel in africa, but this corruption is just not helping their image at all.. ! Well, anyways enjoy your stay sierra leone has been on my list for a while 😊 plus anybody reading this: explore (west) african countries, youre missing out it not!! 🌍

    • @alykhalifa262
      @alykhalifa262 Před 2 lety

      so sierra Leon to Liberia border crossing isn't easy task right actually I have decide to visit Liberia but in case sierra Leon Visa much easier than Liberia that's y think so if am come sierra Leon then visit to Liberia it's possible aren't

  • @wuriebah2708
    @wuriebah2708 Před 4 lety +3

    This is the biggest problem facing our country Sierra Leone, that's why we are one of the poorest countries in the world.
    I really feel ashamed by being a citizen of Sierra Leone after watching this video for Christ sake. It's so embarrassing for the whole world to watch this, but everything DREW is saying, is the fact.
    We really appreciate you for visiting Sierra Leone and showing the world what we are going through. Thanks man

  • @rouis
    @rouis Před 3 lety

    Drew it had happened to me in Gabon and Madagascar bribery 🥺

  • @georgefoord7240
    @georgefoord7240 Před 3 lety +2

    I lived in Kenya for six months I would deffo have a local with you it solves so many issues

    • @rick-be
      @rick-be Před 3 lety

      It so easy to get a local but sometimes he's a conman too.
      Then you get screwed twice by him and them.

  • @kimchibbq5242
    @kimchibbq5242 Před 4 lety +8

    Total respect to you Drew! Only few men can accomplish what you did!👍🙏🎉

  • @AyoandEbunEntertainment
    @AyoandEbunEntertainment Před 4 lety +5

    I know this feeling as a Nigerian🇳🇬...Chai Africa let's do better

  • @chernormalikejalloh9735

    We are so so much sorry 😞

  • @AdeolaSpeaks
    @AdeolaSpeaks Před 3 lety +7

    Hey Drew, I had the opposite experience when travelling from Freetown (Sierra Leone) to Conakry (Guinea) by car. With Guinean officials being the corrupt ones. I 💯 agree that it’s a problem in west Africa and it puts a bad image of the country out there when most people in the country are super nice. thanks for sharing your story!

  • @InvestBetter.
    @InvestBetter. Před 4 lety +24

    Corruption in Africa?
    The hell you say!

    • @joaovitormendescerqueira6985
      @joaovitormendescerqueira6985 Před 4 lety +4

      @@akikiaovie You don't have to bribe anyone to get around in France and the US

    • @bikeburgular668
      @bikeburgular668 Před 4 lety +3

      João Vitor Mendes Cerqueira that’s because they are better at hiding corruption and theft

    • @karambafatty9693
      @karambafatty9693 Před 4 lety +1

      @@joaovitormendescerqueira6985 get fact straight

    • @joaovitormendescerqueira6985
      @joaovitormendescerqueira6985 Před 4 lety

      @@bikeburgular668 That's because they have good public management, You're probably not familiar with that.
      Public servents in France and The US don't work for 2$ per day

  • @kenenna_1011
    @kenenna_1011 Před 4 lety +71

    I’m from Nigeria and Sierra and I don’t like this

    • @nigeriafirstson5395
      @nigeriafirstson5395 Před 4 lety

      What did you mean by Nigeria and Sierra Leone

    • @adesinakhorede2723
      @adesinakhorede2723 Před 4 lety +2

      Don't link Nigeria to Sierra Leone

    • @TommyDragonheart
      @TommyDragonheart Před 4 lety +17

      @@adesinakhorede2723 You know, you need to stop tap dancing for foreign approval. Sierra Leone and Nigeria are both West African English speaking countries. We've got a lot in common

    • @mbaindukemokai9426
      @mbaindukemokai9426 Před 4 lety +5

      Adesina Khorede nobody wants to link your country with Sierra Leone, before you start talking go and got your people out of my country first. You don’t see Sierra Leone people seeking for refuge in Nigeria.

    • @mbaindukemokai9426
      @mbaindukemokai9426 Před 4 lety +6

      Adesina Khorede it’s people like you that create divisions among Africans. Your part of the problem Africans are facing around the world today.

  • @ekse.giyabox
    @ekse.giyabox Před 3 lety

    Every 2 seconds Drew says "yeah, yeah" 😂😂

  • @mohammedjalloh7658
    @mohammedjalloh7658 Před 3 lety

    Osh ya, sorry you guys got scammed. I hope the rest of your time in Sierra Leone was great though ! 😊😅