Burundanga black widow scam is one of the most dangerous scams that you can face if you travel to countries in South America like Columbia, Brazil, or Argentina.
Burundanga or scopolamine is not an urban legend, it is a strong and powerful drug used in medicine to treat nausea and other conditions. It is stealth to ship and is quite easy for you to find and get from the internet.
It is a drug that is like the worst roofie you can ever imagine. Once you took it, you may at the whim of suggestions like give me your credit card PIN, show me your bank account password, come with me to the hotel room, and etc while you are in your consciousness.
In addition, this drug can cause memory loss and other effects. It is commonly used in robberies, kidnappings and also for rapists because this drug is fast eliminated by the body.
For robbers, they use the Burundanga for robbery purposes. because they know you will get paralyze and you cannot do anything to them.
Some people may just use a paper that contained the Burundanga on it. They may come to you with a map in their hand and said, “Ah, I am lost, can you tell me how to go to this place?” The paper map may have a distance of about 1 meter from you, but once you inhale the drug, you may get paralyze in minutes, and they will take away all your valuables.
What Is Burundanga Black Widow Scam?
This type of scam normally involve with pretty ladies and generally happening in a club or bar. A beautiful woman will approach you and start to flirt with you in the bar when she notices you are alone. She will drink and talk to you cheerfully. After chit chat for a while, then she will suggest going to your hotel room.
Once she gets into the hotel room, she will be waiting for a moment of carelessness. During this carelessness moment, she will slip the “Burundanga” drug into your drink. If you drink from the glass you will be paralyzed within minutes of drink it.
From the moment you get paralyzed for around two hours, the scammer will have sufficient time to steal all your valuable things. Normally this type of criminal will not be a solo job, it gets involved in a gang of people. So normally when you get paralyzed, the girl will call her accomplices, and they will come right into your room, grab all your valuables and leave.
After you wake up, you will feel a headache and a strong lack of memory.
My Friend Who Fall in This Scam and Lost His Rolex
I have a friend who been fall victim to this scam. When he was in Columbia for a business trip, one night he was hanging out alone at a bar near the hotel when he stays. And there was a beautiful girl approaching him and since she is pretty and wearing quite sexy, of course, my friend felt pretty good.
My friend was a sales executive and he just bought a new Rolex watch that cost $28,000. The young beauty started flirting with him and said she like men like my friend who look macho. That must have appealed to his ego and my friend thought he had a connection and invited her back to his oceanfront hotel.
In the hotel suite, my friend just took off his Rolex and is about to put it on a nightstand. The young beauty wasn’t interested in my friend and she was clearly
interested in his watch. She kept pushing my friend to drink and then suddenly he started to feel very sleepy and falling asleep. My friend saw her swipe his watch from the nightstand and take off. My friend was paralyzed on the sofa without able to say anything and only saw the young beauty walked away with his $28,000 Rolex watch.
Once my friend starts getting conscious, he immediately jumped out of the sofa, jolted awake and ran after her first down the hallway and out of the hotel. But the scammed lady has been long gone.
My friend goes to make a police report and the police told my friend that what happened to him wasn’t an isolated incident. There are hundreds of men across the country have fallen for just this kind of a scam.
There are many girls who are going to sit down and give compliments to you. Then when guys are not paying attention, these girls gonna spiked their drink with a drug.
Watch the Scam Video
There is a video called “Scammed” which is broadcasted by Conor that shows the “Burundanga Black Widow Scam”. He tried to get scammed in Argentina and record the entire scamming process. You can watch the video and know how the scam goes.
The Black Widow Scam Variants
There is also a variant of this scam that when you go to the hotel room, she leaves the door open and send a phone message to her accomplice.
Suddenly, the accomplice breaks into the place and start to threaten you. After that, the girl leaves the place making it look that she didn’t expect and she is scared and the accomplice steals all your valuable things.
How To Avoid Burundanga Black Widow Scam?
It is actually very uncommon that a girl will go to your room the first time you meet her unless she wants something from you. So don’t let any stranger go to your hotel room especially those hot and sexy ladies.
If anyway you decide the girl is too pretty and you can’t resist missing the chance to know her better, don’t go to your hotel. You can just go to another hotel and book for a new room. Ask her to leave her ID at the hotel reception. And the most important thing is don’t take any valuable thing with you.
While in the hotel room, you need to observe closely of your drink and don’t let her get so close to the drink if you’re not looking.
From the confession of an arrested criminal, she said every time she successfully drugs a victim, each case she and her accomplices can get about $2,000 to $10,000 on average.
Precaution That You Can Take
In order to minimize the risk of falling in such a scam, it is best for you to pay extra precautions when you are out to have a drink in a bar.
- Try not to go to a bar alone. You better have accompanies to go together with you.
- Watch your drinks and your friends’ drinks. Discuss with them prior to going out that you are going to look out for each other drink at the bar or club.
- Avoid sharing drinks, especially with people you don’t know well.
- Do not leave your drink unattended if you go somewhere and come back to drink it.
- Don’t take free drinks from people you don’t know or trust. Especially if it’s not the drink you asked for or if it looks or smells funny. If someone offers you a drink and you want to take it, walk with them to the bar and take the drink from the bartender.
- You can buy drinks with caps or screw lids so that you can carry it in your bag.
- If you see someone is being hooked with Burundanga Black Widow Scam, find a chance to tell them.