Saudi Arabia has issued important instructions to the Umrah pilgrims coming from abroad.

The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has told pilgrims coming to perform Umrah from abroad not to bring large amounts of money, jewelry and other precious items.

The Ministry also advised them to take necessary precautions to avoid financial fraud, warning against giving bank card information to anyone.

It instructed the pilgrims to ignore unknown messages and links, if fraud is suspected immediately inform the bank and the competent authorities.