Be really careful with the tour company/operator recommendations here

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You are very new in this forum, so you obviously don't know the rules. No one is violating the forum by writing private messages. The possibility to write PMs in the forum is to write PMs. The only person who probably don't like it in this case is the person who cheated. But you write you are aoutside the country, and like to come to TZ. What this has to do that you don't like, that emerald and me exchange PMs is for me not understandable.
Oh, sorry, I'm wrong, contrary to your post, that you soon like to come to TZ, in your profile you write you are already in TZ.
Whatsoever, I like to invite the admin to check my PMs. Ther is nothing with hate, there is nothing with terrroristic activities, so what is wron to write PMs is totally out of my understanding.

Johannes

Can you please tell me, why you are so furious with the PMs between me and emerald? Why you like to drag me to court because of this? Cool down a little bit, I can't see any reason, why you interfere in private things. Care for your Walking Safari, you are not even in TZ (according to your postings), or you are (according to your profile)? I have nothing to do with you and give me peace. Otherwise it's ME, who report you to the admin.

Johannes

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I can't agree with the forum manager more. Those people who take advantage of this forum know the regulations very well, therefore have directed the innocent members to their email addresses. If you go to their forum activity, you will soon realize who those cheaters are. Some claim they are coming to Tanzania, but the profile shows their location already in Tanzania. Be aware of those leaving their email addresses in their post or private messages for you to contact, because that way the TT forum can no longer trace the communications.

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