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Question Is Egyptian agent reliable?

Hi everyone,

Please advise me about the following problem,
An Egyptian mailed to me to advertise him to tourists by website. He said he (wants to?) works as an agent for vehicle shipping, ferry ticket and so on between Egypt and Sudan. He is not belonging to a company.
The problem is the payment and trust. It's crossing the border. How to make the certification of the charge and shpping documents? In short, how to know wether he is a swindler or not?:alucard:


If he is not enough to believe, I won't tell other tourists about him in the website. But if he is enough to believe, it's a good news for tourists.

Would everyone give me some good ideas?
Should I reject the advertisement of him?
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Dear seagull
I have spent some time in Egypt and,frankly,would rather trust my mother to a rattlesnake than some of the business men there.YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!
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I have spent some time in Egypt and,frankly,would rather trust my mother to a rattlesnake than some of the business men there.YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!
+ 1 If you know the guy and have done business with him, that's fine, but otherwise no way.
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Thanks for the advise, paul eden and petefromberkeley

I deside to reject him.
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Trust Group Eg

Hi everyone,

They seem to start their bussiness.

http://www.trustgroupeg.com


I told them that, there are many swendlers in Africa. Even though policeman and government officers are unreliable.

Then they desided the bussiness group name, "TRUST."


I hope someone will use them with one's own risk (Excuse me, I'm not there now. I have no way to check them directly)

If they are reliable, that's a good news for us, I think.
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