Jakarta, May 5 -- Indonesia's Religious Affairs Ministry cautioned residents to be careful of Hajj fraud offering departures with a non-Hajj visa as the country's Hajj quota has all been filled this year.

"Indonesia's Hajj quota this year has been filled. Do not be tempted or fooled by Hajj departure offers with other non-Hajj travel visas," the ministry's spokesperson, Anna Hasbie, stated here on Sunday.

She highlighted the number of bogus offers promising Muslims to depart for Saudi Arabia for Hajj without queuing this year by abusing non-Hajj travel visas, such as Hajj officers, work, single-entry, or multiple-entry visas after observing an increase in such those cases before the first Hajj departure next week.

She further informed ...