Thanks for the information you forwarded after an exhaustive discussion with my friend as regards your payment

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The first letter comes usually with blanks filled in with your information. The second letter comes after you have responded to the first letter. Do NOT send these people any personal information.

Letter number one:

hello _____

I saw your add and I would like to buy your (Fireside Cantilever 24-inch tapestry loom, :) please i want it for a very great purpose" please i want you to
get to me as soon as possible Please, let me know your sales terms.and i want
to tell you that i ll' like to make my mode of my payment with certified check or money order ..
please any one you are okey with it please try toget back to me wth your full name and your contact address so
i can make the payment in timely manner in other to sealed our trascation in normal manner Please, let me hear from you as soon as possible.
Regards

Letter number two:

Thanks for the information you forwarded after an exhaustive discussion with my friend as regards your payment ,he said that Payment will get to you in a US bank certified check of $5,000 , He explained to me that there will be a little delay of about three to four days because this is a refund payment expected from a company ,it has to go through their usual official documentations and approvals before the refund is issued out to him.

Please you have to bear with us,financial matters like this has to go through the right process, though he confirmed that your payment will get to you as soon as possible.I advice that you remove your ad from the internet to avoid further complications, since your payment has already been confirmed.

After you have received the check you will deduct the cost of your Loom ($1,200) and keep the remaining funds for my client's Shipping agent who will be coming for the pre-shipment inspection and subsequent Shipment for offsetting shipping fees and other expenses,while title papers and other necessary documents will be sent by you via courier serivce to my client,I will keep you posted on all the necessary arrangements.

Furnish me with the following details for the payment to be send over to you ;

1.Full name
2.Full Address
3.Telephone Number

Please confirm this mail and get back to me via email as soon as possible with the necessary informations required from you for onward delivery of the payment to you as soon as possible.Nice doing business with you.