A Perth woman claims she had to be rushed out of Paris after almost being human trafficked, with authorities telling her there was a “high chance” she was a target on the black market.

Personal trainer Djanaya Hampton booked a two-week solo trip to the French capital last year to celebrate her birthday.

Having spent the first few days sightseeing and ticking off all the tourist sports, Ms Hampton saved visiting the iconic Eiffel Tower until last.

On the eve before she turned 29, Ms Hampton was enjoying a solo picnic under the tower when she was approached by two men.

One of the men, who was dressed in designer clothing, started talking to her in French.

But when she told them she could only speak English, the men began bombarding her with questions, asking what she was doing in Paris, where she was from and if she was with anyone else.

Suddenly concerned for her safety, Ms Hampton said she lied to the men, telling them she had a friend waiting for her back at the hotel.

Despite showing no interest in the men, Ms Hampton said they continued to speak to her, inviting her to a party that night.

“He then lifts me up and grabs me. He’s like, ‘we need a photo together’, and his friend comes around and just starts taking photos on his phone. I put my hand over my face and was like, ‘no, no please don’t,’” she said.

Ms Hampton said the man asked for her number but she refused, and instead gave her social media handle.

She says the man then walked over to the base of the Eiffel Tower where people were selling souvenirs, before speaking to one of the sellers and pointing out Ms Hampton.

“He walked over to one of those guys and pointed at me, and that’s when my heart sank,” she recalled.

Shocked by what she had seen, Ms Hampton fled to a nearby cafe and called a friend back home.

“I then Facetimed my best friend, it was about 5am in the morning in Perth, and I told her everything. I then made sure no one was following me before I was like ‘okay I’m good’ and going down to the train station.”

Just as she allowed herself to relax after getting on the train, to her horror, she spotted the same two men from the Eiffel Tower who were with six other males and two women.

“They got on (the train) and I could hear them say ‘here she is’. They didn’t say anything to me and sat two seats in front. The other guys were guarding the door so I couldn’t get off.

“I FaceTimed my best friend again and say that they’ve followed me. She told me to go somewhere popular. The next stop was Notre Dam and there’s always lots of police there, so I jumped off.”

Ms Hampton waited for the next train and once on the train, approached a stranger for help, only to realise they did not speak any English.

“I genuinely didn’t know what to do. I just broke down and I just started crying,” she recalls.

Ms Hampton’s friend, who she was still on the phone to, realised she spoke the stranger’s language and was able to communicate what had unfolded just moments earlier.

The passenger then helped Ms Hampton safely get into an Uber to get back to her hotel.

While in the car, her driver emphasised how lucky she was to escape the situation.

“He said to me, ‘you are so lucky that you got out because not many people do. You would have been out of this country before tomorrow’,” Ms Hampton said.

After spending a sleepless night in her hotel, the Aussie traveller spent her 29th birthday at the Australian Embassy in the French capital city.

“It was like going into a courthouse, you have to go through security before you can go in. I then gave my statement to a woman, as well as my passport and my license.

“After a while she comes back and she tells me ‘look there is a high chance you’re on the black market so we need your flight details because we’re going to have to change your flights to tomorrow’.

“I still had like 3 or 4 days of my trip left but I was booked onto a flight the next day and after that, everything is just a blur. I came back to Australia and just couldn’t believe what had happened”.

Ms Hampton has opened up about the terrifying ordeal almost a year on to warn other about the importance of staying alert when travelling abroad.

“I remember just thinking, this is just like that scene from Taken. My mother made me watch it so many times when I was younger and warned me of what could happen when you trust a stranger,” she told PerthNow

“I don’t want girls to be scared of travelling. I don’t want anyone to be deterred from it because I love travelling.

“But this has definitely made me watch our for the signs. It’s important not to be naive in that situation, and 100 per cent if I had been younger and in my party-girl-era I would have lapped up the chance of a ‘party’.

“The amount of messages I’ve gotten from people that have been in the same situation is insane. It’s an important reminder to always trust your gut instinct – if you think something is wrong, leave.”

PerthNow has contacted the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) for comment.