The German Embassy on Wednesday alerted the public to beware of visa contactors who claim they could secure German visas for young soccer players to stay in a training camp in the Federal Republic of Germany.

"We would like to remind the general public to desist from making use of the services of self-appointed visa contractors," a release from the Embassy in Accra warned.

The statement noted that the company named Worldlinque, which had representatives in Ghana, had recruited young soccer players in Ghana via TV-advertisements among other channels, offering to facilitate their stay in a training camp in the Federal Republic of Germany. It noted that the applicants were said to have paid GH¢3,000 to secure the necessary visa and to participate in the training camp. The Embassy said no provisions for the training camp had been made at the time of submitting the visa applications, adding that, invitations from Germany which had been presented to the Embassy had been falsified.

The statement said the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service had therefore been roped in and was investigating the matter.