Take care that this:

DEAR MR MOOIJ I'M READY TO ORDER A FEW CONTAINERS BUT THE ONLY CONCERN IS THE $3000 DEPOSIT,THE REASON BEING IS THAT I HAD PLACED AN ORDER WITH ANOTHER COMPANY IN INDONESIA AND THEY VANISHED WITH MY MONEY THIS IS THE ONLY THING HOLDING ME BACK.........WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP?

Or this:

Dear Sir, Firstly I must congratulate you on your excellent web site. I have now looked through your items and feel if I was to buy another container for shipment to the U.K. I would definately gave you a chance to quote. Last June I purchased a container of cast iron the same as yours and have not received it but have lost all the money I invested. I gave the money to a gentleman in the U.K. and he purchased the Cast Iron on my behalf. I never received it and never will. I am trying to contact a man called Yono fromXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Semarang Indonesia. I have tried looking through the Indonesian yellow pages but have not managed to find him. Please , please can you help me contact him, I need a phone number, fax number or e-mail number.
The person whom we bought the container from and paid was an Englishman called Derek Stuart. he was a personal friend of ours and we trusted him. I wait in anticipation,



will not happen to you. (We can show you much more of this)


We were one of the first companies, publishing homepages about our handicraft operations on the internet.
Nowadays, many have followed us, using easy to get domains free of charge, and just copy other homepages.
Of course they promise you heaven, but experience and comments from buyers showed us else in many cases.
Be careful, and convince yourself, that you're dealing with a reliable, established company, on reasonable terms.
NEVER, NEVER accept terms like 100% payment BEFORE shipping, a reasonable deposit may be acceptable, but final balance should be settled, after the shipper showed you a copy B/L.

If they need your money so urgently, there's something wrong with them.
Payment can also be settled through Letter of Credit.

Don't think you need to be careful with locals only, in Asia, many Westerns are operating, accepting your downpayment and just vanish with your money to nowhere.
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