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Thursday, November 19, 2020 5:31 AM
From: Yulia

Hello my dear Ryli, I just went with my father to another bank where the Moneygram system used to work. They told me there that this system does not even work in Russia. In Russia, only sending is possible, but not receiving. Apparently this information was not communicated to me in the bank where I went first. My dear Ryli, I’m sorry I thought it happened. The Moneygram hotline does not say that this system does not work, there you can check the status of the money transfer, but no one reports that banks do not cooperate with the Moneygram system to accept money transfers, but only to send money transfers. My dear Ryli, please take this money. I asked another bank why there could be such problems with the transfer. I was told that you can simply omit the explanation for the translation or give another reason. My dear Ryli, I do not know if the person who advised you to use Moneygram knew that it is impossible to receive transfers in Russia. The system actually works, but only for making transfers. My dear Ryli, please do it online, but if the problem arises again, I don’t know what to do. I’m just shocked that things are going this way. Today they called me from a travel company and told me to pay the full amount, since I paid only a part. My dear Ryli, I was informed that I need to pay the amount by tomorrow, before the office of the travel agency closes, otherwise the amount will be increased by 7,500-10,000 rubles. I do not know why it is so. My hands are shaking now and I don’t know what to do. I hope everything works out. I will cross my fingers when I read your next letter. If you can make a transfer via Western Union and there are no problems, then please send me a screenshot or photo of the payment receipt. So that I go to my bank with this and again there are no problems with receiving money. I implore you to do this as soon as possible. It’s just that I’m getting a little scared. Please, if there is a problem with the money transfer and is suspended again, then tell your friend the reason, and not the meeting and assistance with the trip to the USA. I cannot provide a lot of documents to Western Union and I do not have to do it according to the law and I am very scared if my documents go to the wrong place and I cannot fly to the USA to meet with you. I very love you. Please be in touch with me from 10 am to 12 pm tomorrow Moscow time. I won’t sleep tonight either. I’ll be waiting for your letter. I’m waiting for your answer.