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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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!
I was thinking about your videos the whole time i watched this 😂, u should bring back the travel vlogs!!
Peter I love your African travel vlogs, restaurant review and comedy videos. You are awesome👏✊👍
LMFAOOOOO
hey Peter ! I love your work , please make some more travel vlogs .
Respect from India.
Misses your African vlogs peter we want more✊✊💪
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
@Nuby I came as an international student
don't worry, it's not your fault.
How Did You Move To Germany
@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.
Not your fault bud
UPDATE: If you haven't known already, the scammers were arrested.
And? Not gonna stop all of them.
@@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.
@@emish4282 but we are one step closer to stopping all of them
@@idklol9827 bruh you can’t ever stop scamming. Scamming will always a problem for humanity
@@ogvamp2 yeah true I guess-
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
Don’t apologize
Who got scammed in thier life before
👇🏽
Me this scam still happens to everyone the scam is buying chips it only gives us half of the bag
@@aceisol4376- me buying air and they only give half a bag of air..
@@aceisol4376 lmao
Stop begging.
My fucking csgo skins lol
It’s a common thing in West Africa , scammers are everywhere
Shut up fool
Just like exchange scams in Prague in Czech Republic 🇨🇿
EMMA ROYAL 0 Still won’t change the FACT
@@Bigboy-nx3nc ur just saying everyone is bad there
It's common everywhere,
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 $20, lying about how I needed a yellow fever card when the government at the time had stopped making it mandatory for people to come into the country. The sad thing is sometimes the central government is actually working hard to make sure bribery is eradicated, but unfortunately this is an issue that has been ingrained within many of our local countrymen for generations. I’m in full support with you guys for sharing this so we can continue to shed some light on one of deteriorating factors to Africa’s progression. Nevertheless, it’s a beautiful country and the people are very welcoming and friendly, hope you enjoy yourselves. #SierraLeone #Saloneborbor
I got scammed last week and paid also 20$telling me my vaccine are not completed,but I already got 2; he said I need 3!
Please mail it to government
Count how much he said yeah that’s a lot
Hahaahaha
I didn’t here it💯
mhm
Mokua5 same
He says it a lot lol
I’m from west Africa and I approve this message
@@albertg63
bruh wtf is wrong with you
😂😂
Trump
@@albertg63 Bro chill what did that person do to you?
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
Drew's a very humble and patient guy....That's why I like him soooo much😊😊😊
Imam Hosain 1m subs that’s my dream, come watch my content and join me
Are you from Pakistan imam Hussain?
Jake
@@F7YUBVlogs Fuck you . you made me soo cringe
No homo
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.
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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?
Boss kam back dis time u go see changes lol
They do it just for fun, cuz you dont know what to say to dem, n you don hear Crio!
I'm glad you're exposing them.
I'm from that part of the world, & bribery is a serious problem.
Naija🇳🇬
I went to Africa last year it was beautiful. I also saw my fam
@@anniegaye4041 Where in Africa? It's a pretty big place.
@@TheStraightGod Monrovia
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.
The worst thing that could happen to someone is to be scammed and then later realise that you got scammed
Or know that youre getting scammed and you just have to accept it
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
universal man or you get Ebola
Yea thats the worst
Football Always / كورة دائمًا You wouldn’t be forced to pay a bribe.
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 🇬🇷♥️🙏
I will planning for visiting Sierra Leone can you give me your contact number
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
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
I cannot agree more, worked all the time I spend in Congo Brazzaville!
Queen! Thanks for this advice 🙏🏻
Thank you sister
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
@@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.
Man that’s embarrassing for my country
Sorry about the way they treated you at the border....We’re not all like that
The camera guy Studio major yikes to me and I’ve not even been back to my parents country
You are like that accept it. It will never change.
D N quiet please, thankfully the scammers got arrested
D N stfu
@@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.
RIP to travelers who pay for a "cholera" shot
I would NOT accept that shot. Lord knows what they might've done with them...
@@zombiefied7628 kill them while tracking them down then take their money
I'm so glad you got through safely !!
Cholera shot? If that existed, Yemen would be Cholera free.
Frank Miranda there actually is but like lasts 6 months with like 80% effectiveness
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
It is ingested and used in two parts in Yemen.
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
@@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.
Man i just realised that Drew is over 1 million...
Its a weird feeling.
yea and he is growing fast too
Yasss about 6 month ago he only got about 90 k subs and now.. boom growing so fvckin fast
sooner than you know he is gonna hit 5 million at the end of the year
Nikesh what is his content about , i might check it out.
Gucci Tre travels
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.
Drew, good looking out on giving us this info about Sierra Leone.
Bribery is staple in that country. No matter how we are against it.
Car
My family is from there and I can tell you that's the truth 💯
ahole u r on every video
Thank god we are Malaysians XD
Not appearing everying on me ray
“Everyone on the Liberian 🇱🇷 side of the border was very friendly.... they even got their money back! Go Liberia! 🇱🇷😌❤️....
it was only 50 bucks !
come to philippines ! lots a scammers
BUT thankfully i have NEVER in my life been cheated or scammed
Uncle Ruckus your saying Philippines is the worst? get out of the country then
@@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 ?
@@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)
Concept: We stop trying to one up each other and help each other instead
Thank you for making this public so people that are pkanning to travel there are aware of the corruption and DANGERS.
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.
"Papers, please."
*Discrepancy Detected*
"You don't have a cholera shot."
"Oh, do I need it?"
*Detained*
Glory to SIERRA LEONE
Yes
Papers please
Everybody:
Drew: yea
Alvaro: essentially!
Lol
I love your channel, thanks for letting me precise which countries I wanna visit, and which I must avoid.
Destroying careers of scammers world over, keep on good work, drew
I have been through the Guine-Sierra Leone border many times and I recommend taking a flight
There is too much hassle
@@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?
@@beny988 Delusional
@@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.
@@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.
@@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.
If i had a dollar for everyone drew said “yea” in this video ...
HAHA.... So funny 😬🙂
haha he said yeah twice as I read this
😂 yeah I know
Yeah 20 dollars...
I'd be a millionare
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 ✈️✈️✈️
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.
This video was so important to be posted, thanks Drew!
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.
I planning for visit Sierraleone can you give me contact number
Scammer
The irony
Ikr
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
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. 😂 😂 😂 😂
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.
The guy that sold the bracelet to him didn’t scammed because he didn’t forced the money out of his pocket..🇳🇬
You guys have to go and learn how to do business
@@BanlieueBaby fuck u to ur fifth generation u destitute
This is a really scary experience.
Seeing you commenting in hundred comment sections, is a really scary experience.
@@kadalijo2806 true man. That's even more scary....
Ray Mak if u reply to my reply to ur comment that will be even more scarier
@@moplayz7346 why? Hehehe
Ray Mak OMG 😱
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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 😮
Sad to hear that.
Thanks
love how drew acknowledges the positives in times of negativity. shows how unbiased and fair he is in assessing the places he travels to.
Love hearing real travel stories. Thanks for sharing what it’s really like to travel in this region. Glad you guys are safe!
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!!!!
Swaziland is a waste of time. Nothing there
@@FABIOh1976 I agree!!!
Isn’t it eswatini now?
@@nusratparveen82 yes. At that time it was called Swaziland...
October 2019: "I got Scammed"
2 Years Later..
October 2021: "I Scammed My Fans"
Well this doesn’t age well
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.
And some people was screaming Drew got scammed because he bought a bracelet for $1 in Nigeria, from a street vendor🙄🙄
Lmao
Thanks guys
Sorry to hear that 😞
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.
Good on you for exposing these type of situations and stay safe !
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!
You are right
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
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.
Janick Meijerink 1m subs that’s my dream, come watch my content and join me
@@F7YUBVlogs you rarely upload videos.
@@F7YUBVlogs the last video u uploaded was 7 months ago
Janick Meijerink I feel like your being serious
Janick Meijerink you must be fat guy
This is how many times people mentioned the time Drew said yea
Thanks for the informative video. Sierra Leone is off my list!
Bruh you can still travel to Sierra Leone, but just make sure you travel by airplane not by car
Good. You're not wanted there
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
When he explained the needle story😂
Yeah that was kinda funny
RaytheonGaming he said he was behind schedule so he had a reason
@@RAYTHEONGAMING no they didnt get the needle
@@RAYTHEONGAMING lol derp they didn't.
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!
Everytime Alvaro talks:
Drew: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
*REPEAT*
Maybe he had to compensate for the "Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope." everytime the corrupt border guard talked ;-)
IKR
Yeah yeah yeah
It’s body language and voice of telling Alvaro to hurry up
Yayayayayyayya
That sounded soooo creepy 🤪
I'm sorry you guys had to go through this. I got scammed right here in the Caribbean...
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.
Dhar Mann is doing the same thing
@@Armanii2795 Wait what?
@Rowdy Wolfy Yeah like I already know Nas Daily is a b*stard but Dhar Mann?
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
That’s ridiculous man thanks for the warning
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*
Hey guys.. Glad your safe.
“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
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!
That is why tourists won’t go a lot in countries like this one... so sorry ! I love Africa
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
I lived in Kenya for six months I would deffo have a local with you it solves so many issues
It so easy to get a local but sometimes he's a conman too.
Then you get screwed twice by him and them.
I love how drew is so humble in the most craziest situations
Like to agree
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
I know this feeling as a Nigerian🇳🇬...Chai Africa let's do better
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.
I subscribed beautiful message!😊
I got so excited to see you were there then i saw the scam part, im so sorry
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
That's good because many people hate there countries because of government or Corruption
Unfortunately damage is already done. Bunch of people ruined your country Image now😑
@@aesirclassicpubgm8228 stfu corruption is everywhere you know how many people in America commit suicide because they got frauded out of money, stocks etc
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.
This bribery issues also traumatized me in West Africa
Damn. I mean, these always happen sometimes.
Good luck in the future Drew Binsky.
If you watch his Instagram, you can see he had to bribe multiple times in their travels between cities. Not just border crossings.
Cholera is a real thing but still
Yikes
Z Vlogs no shit its a real thing but it was eradicated
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......
Can you talk about millions stolen in Africa by white just keep low is everywhere
@@francisnwadike9505 what
@@sasig5215 its always the whites fault ... thats why africa stopped developing, because they rather blame the white man than to work on their problems.
This is pretty much the exact same as my experience when crossing from Senegal to Gambia in December. It was fine until they started ganging up and intimidating me. It was a good two hours of name calling, put downs and threats. Eventually as it was getting close to dark I paid 40Euro bribe... It wasn't the money I was angry about though but more the bullying techniques. Really put a downer on that trip and made me very wary as I moved further south.
Oh man the irony
What do you mean?
In what way like how is it ironic
You both are pretty slowly or just not up to date...
@@KurohigeDTeach-yy3yk well that’s why I’m asking, what’s going on?
The irony indeed ! 😂
"We ran out of money"
N0w we need yours
Fool
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. 💚
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.
@@hotpepper5037
What? That doesn't give them the right to scam innocent tourists who did nothing to them
@@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.
@@mirowestmaas4566 This comment is very stupid. Why don't you donate to the country?
@@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
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!
Hahaha I have to sleep as I have work tomorrow but I can't stop watching your videos 😂
Yeah … now it’s him who scammed people. Maybe you would want to rethink your decision.
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!! 🌍
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
18 countries left..
Oooo I smell new unseen crazy content coming from Drew after hes completed travelling to every country in the world!!
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.
Me: "what would u do if a *SCAMMER* was right infront of u"
yeetus deletus
I’m from Nigeria and Sierra and I don’t like this
What did you mean by Nigeria and Sierra Leone
Don't link Nigeria to Sierra Leone
@@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
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.
Adesina Khorede it’s people like you that create divisions among Africans. Your part of the problem Africans are facing around the world today.
Corruption in Africa?
The hell you say!
@@akikiaovie You don't have to bribe anyone to get around in France and the US
João Vitor Mendes Cerqueira that’s because they are better at hiding corruption and theft
@@joaovitormendescerqueira6985 get fact straight
@@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
This happened to my family when they came to South America to be with me. They still deal with the guilt of feeling part of the corruption but something cannot be both a bribe and extortion. A bribe is offered, extortion is forced with threats. Drew and anyone who has dealt with this behaviour has been robbed by criminals in official's clothing.
I had something similar coming into DR Congo overland from Zambia ten years ago. A guy in a uniform made me change some money at not a terrible rate, but then as I was leaving there was a guy in a lab coat doing the same thing. I forget which vaccine it was, but it was one I had actually had, but it was expired by like two weeks. He wanted money to just put a stamp in my passport. I just kept refusing, and he said he'd send me back. I said "fine, I'll go back to Zambia - I like Zambia". Eventually he waved me away and said "OK, go then" and I walked past him into DRC. This was after getting the entry stamp. The clinic here put some stamp in my yellow book for some vaccination I didn't get (I think it was cholera) with a little Latin word that basically means it's not genuine specifically for this reason.
As a born and raised Kenyan, going back home from the diaspora, I got scammed too.
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
Thank you for this. Sierra Leon will never get one tourist dollar out of me!
Na their u go sleep, u neva jam
you'll have to avoid most of sub-Saharan Africa then.
Been scrolling through your videos checking if you've been to Uganda