One of my employees(a hardworking one at that) wanted to relocate to Europe(Poland I think) two years ago(2019)..

I wasn't so sure of what he wanted, his reasons and all that. And again, I wasn't ready to let him go because of his dedication. But he sounded pretty sure of his plans(we didn't really dig deep into that though)..

So he tendered his resignation letter and I let him off..

Fast forward to this very year(2021), he came around unexpectedly. Out of curiosity, I asked him what happened, as he's supposed to be in the land of his dreams. He lamented about how he was scammed by his travel agent, that a lot of things in the process looked so real despite being fake.

Literally, I was short of words. The only thing I could have said is "I warned you to be careful, you wouldn't listen", but I didn't, the tension was already bad enough, as he was really depressed..

Now, one of my nephews in-law is talking about travelling abroad for a BSc study. I'm kind of sceptical about it, yet, I don't want to discourage him, so he won't blame me for life if things didn't work out as planned..

I suggested a private university for him here in the country but, he's not having any of it.

He's talking about a travel agent he met at the immigration office, blah blah blah!

When I talk too much, he reminded me of how I planned travelling overseas for PhD..

Those with practical experience should share to save my nephew and others(in this forum) who are desperate eager to travel abroad...

When I see a travel agent talking/writing about "how to know a fake travel agent?"

YoungLionken:
One of my employees(a hardworking one at that) wanted to relocate to Europe(Poland I think) two years ago(2019)..

I wasn't so sure of what he wanted, his reasons and all that. And again, I wasn't ready to let him go because of his dedication. But he sounded pretty sure of his plans(we didn't really dig deep into that though)..

So he tendered his resignation letter and I let him off..

Fast forward to this very year(2021), he came around unexpectedly. Out of curiosity, I asked him what happened, as he's supposed to be in the land of his dreams. He lamented about how he was scammed by his travel agent, that a lot of things in the process looked so real despite being fake.

Literally, I was short of words. The only thing I could have said is "I warned you to be careful, you wouldn't listen", but I didn't, the tension was already bad enough, as he was really depressed..

Now, one of my nephews in-law is talking about travelling abroad for a BSc study. I'm kind of sceptical about it, yet, I don't want to discourage him, so he won't blame me for life if things didn't work out as planned..

I suggested a private university for him here in the country but, he's not having any of it.

He's talking about a travel agent he met at the immigration office, blah blah blah!

When I talk too much, he reminded me of how I planned travelling overseas for PhD..

Those with practical experience should share to save my nephew and others(in this forum) who are desperate eager to travel abroad...

bsc is expensive abroad. Even many rich people only send their kids for master abroad as it usually one or two years not four years like bsc. If you nephew no get money he should selve the idea. Also there are many cheap useless countries abroad that after studying you have to return back to Nigeria. Many have been victims