paolita Lussio - Italian massage scam? - Page 2 - 419 Legal

whamscam · #11 (**permalink**) 04-02-2008, 03:16 AM

I also received a request for sessions for an Italian model and the wording of the message was the same as those listed above. Only some names were changed. The first letter was from Valentina Roccio, the model's name was Tito Carlos, the location was Southern California and the request was for craniosacral work. I replied and then received an email from Tito Carlos. I thought it was real since they named a local hotel and the initial request showed knowledge of bodywork. Beware of these people.

Mercenary · #12 (**permalink**) 04-02-2008, 04:24 AM

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Originally Posted by whamscam

I also received a request for sessions for an Italian model and the wording of the message was the same as those listed above. Only some names were changed. The first letter was from Valentina Roccio, the model's name was Tito Carlos, the location was Southern California and the request was for craniosacral work. I replied and then received an email from Tito Carlos. I thought it was real since they named a local hotel and the initial request showed knowledge of bodywork. Beware of these people.

It would be good to post his mail with full headers to locate where comes from and report him.

dmb · #13 (**permalink**) 07-07-2008, 07:21 PM

Received a similar message with names changed. Actually an ingenious fraud.

ColoradoMassage · #14 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 05:25 AM

I received the same email (slightly varied). Her email says gmail, but I doubt it's real. Any way for you to tell me?

Below is a snip:

From: Lucrezia Merillo
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 6:23 AM
Subject: Massage Inquiry

Hello,
How are you today? My name is Mrs Lucrezia Merillo, i live and work here in italy,i am 36yrs old. I have been doing massage since 1989. I do a deeprelaxation massage in which the muscles relax without pain, I also do energy massage that helps people feel great when I am done. I am certified to do pregnancy massage .I have lots of happy clients here in italy , I have a client Miss Gloria Kostic A Model here in italy ,She will be coming to the U.S in three weeks time for a modeling job and she will be residing in Colorado temporarily until the neccesary arrangement for her job has been made before she leaves,she will be needing bodywork and therapeutic massage 1hr session three times a week for one month

<Goes on, ad nauseum. Scam clue: Flattery aside, anyone who's legit knows how to contact the national board & go thru channels.>

Thanks for having your info here for me to verify my instincts!

elisedancer200 · #15 (**permalink**) 08-25-2008, 05:29 AM

well this lucrezia merillo has wriitten again and here is what she said. I plan on turning this over to the authorities if I get a package from her

Dear Rachel,
How are you and how is Family and Work? Hope Fine?Hope you had a lovely time over the weekend,I had a great time at my nephew's engagement party .I thought i should let you know a little about Miss Kostic prior her arrival,

She's based in the South West of Italy, although she never there! Her work tends her to be mainly in Milan,She has just started taking her work overseas.she specialise in fashion and glamour modelling,she like to freelance on the side to keep active and creative.

Pls dont schedule her for sundays because of church so make sure you dont include sundays in the schedule.

Am pleased to know that you will be able to help her handle the money situation before her Arrival, i will give you all the details you will need to wire the rest of the money to the Equipment Rental manager when you receive the Certified Cashiers Check,You will be receiving the Certified Cashiers Check very soon, when you receive the Check you take it to your bank and deposit it and funds will be Available in 24hr as it is a Certified Cashiers Check drawn from a US bank.

All you have to do is deduct your payments and you wire the rest via Western Union to the Equipments rental manager so they book for her Equipments before her Arrival. Pls make sure you send me an email as soon as you receive the Certified Cashiers Check so that i can give you the information for the Equipment place.

Pls confirm your details so i can take your package to DHL and have it mailed out asap.

Name on check:....
Address check will be sent to

hone Number to call on delivery: ...

Pls do let me know the best time to reach you on phone.

Hope to read from you soon,

Thanks and have a wonderful week.

Lucrezia

Awareriskinc · #16 (**permalink**) 08-25-2008, 04:28 PM

Dear elisedancer200

Welcome to 419Legal and thank you for your post.

You seem to have posted a similar scam email to our “The 419 Legal Blog”
which can be found on the top of the 1st page(or Forum Index Page) of this forum.
Here is the LINK. Click on here
My reply to you can be also found there. Please go and check it. Thanks

PS1 : Recently we recognize some difficulity to find posts from other members and this forum looks like a labyrinth.
(Please don't lose your way

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PS2 : If needed, "Search" tool is provided on this forum which can be found on the top of right hand side in each page.

Awareriskinc

Gloria Kostic · #17 (**permalink**) 09-21-2008, 11:29 PM

Dear forum users,

A friend of mine notified me about this scam letter in which my name is used.
I am the model Gloria Kostic and I do not know, nor I am affiliated with the author of those messages (which I suppose is a fake name, by the way).
I'm planning to take action against these deceiptful messages.

Greetings
Gloria Kostic

karrek1 · #18 (**permalink**) 09-22-2008, 01:42 AM

Totally too good to be true!!

Hello,
How are you today? My name is Mrs Mirella Baroni, i live and work here in italy, i am 36yrs old. I have been doing massage since 1989. I do a deep relaxation massage in which the muscles relax without pain, I also do energy massage that helps people feel great when I am done. I am certified to do pregnancy massage .I have lots of happy clients here in italy , I have a client Miss Joanna Opoka A Model here in italy ,She will be coming to the U.S in three weeks time for a modeling job and she will be residing in Maine temporarily until the neccesary arrangement for her job has been made before she leaves,she will be needing massage therapy 1hr session three times a week for one month

Miss Opoka asked me to come with her to the US but i told her i would not be able to go with her to the US as i have a course i will be going for in a week time and the course will last for three months.So i promised to help her get a good practitioner in your Area.

I have been looking for a massage therapist for over two weeks till i met an old friend Mrs Stacy Jones at the Cosmetic Surgery And Beauty Conference that was held over the weekend in Milano. I spoke with her about my client and was referred to you. She gave me your referral, she said you worked on her friend and your therapy was very good. So i decided to contact you to know if you will be able to work on my client.

Pls tell me a little more about yourself,how long have you been a massage therapist?and would you be able to provide her massage therapy?

I will also need you to get back to me with the amount you charge per session and also let me know if she can pay you via Us Certified Cashiers Check

Pls send your reply to my personal email address [/email] ) because i do check it frequently.

Thank you very much and do have a nice day..

Mirella Baroni
Piazzale Lugano, 15
20123 Milano ,
Italy

AND SHE REPLIED TO MY REPLY:

Dear .....,
How are you doing today? hope you woke up well and strong? Am very pleased to read from you, Hope you having a nice time over the weekend , I'm doing pretty good here , you sound like a very nice person am sure Miss Joanna Opoka will love your work.

I sent a copy of the message you sent me to the Miss Opoka , and she is very happy you will be able to provide her with the massage therapy

Miss Opoka will arive on the 13th of next month and the first session will be on the 15th,She said you should schedule her from the 15th of October to the 17th of November (3 times a week for 1 month )and she will like most of the session to be before 3:00pm or after 7.00pm in the evening as she will be doing most of her photo shoots between 3-7pm and sundays should not be included because of church. If the time will not work for you, you can get back to me with the best time that can fit into your schedule.

The Modeling Manager said he will be going on vacation to Australia with his family tomorrow so he gave me the sum of 4000usd being payments for your service and the rest to be sent to her Modeling Equipments rental manager in Asia as Miss Joanna Opoka will be Renting some of the Equipments she will need for her photo shoot from an Equipment rental company in Asia.

I spoke with the Equipments rental manager today and was told he will not be able to cash an American certified cashiers check in Asia as it is cashable only in the us. I want to know if i can make the certified cashiers check in your name as it is an American certified cashiers check so that when you receive it you take it to your bank and have it cashed, you deduct you part of the money and you help me send the rest to the Equipments rental manager in Asia on my behalf via western union money transfer so that her equipment can be delivered to her hotel before her arrival, I will give you all the details and direction on how to handle it when you receive it so you need not worry about that.
Pls do let me know if i can trust you to do this for me..

Miss Opoka will be making reservations in the hotel below next week and she will give you all the details you will need as soon as the reservation is done and also her flight details.

...
548 Main St,
...

Pls let me know if this hotel is close to you and if the massage therapy session will be at her hotel or your office.

The Model manager will be going on vacation tomorrow and will leave your payments with me for me to send to you via DHL so that you can receive the certified cashiers check and have them cashed before her Arrival.

Pls do email the information that Modeling manager will use in making out the certified cashiers check to you for you to cash and make necessary arrangements before the Arrival of Miss Opoka as he will be going on Vacation tomorrow and will need to have that done first thing tomorrow morning.

This are the informations he will need for the American certified cashiers check, pls do send the following to The modeling manager's email address:

( [/email] )

Name on check:........
Address check will be sent to:
Phone Number to call on delivery: ......
Total amount for you job:..........

Thank you very much..

Mirella..
WHAT THE HECK ARE THESE PEOPLE FOR REAL!!!!

karrek1 · #19 (**permalink**) 09-22-2008, 01:46 AM

Should I accept the offer and then turn the check into the police, would that stop them?

scammerslammer · #20 (**permalink**) 09-22-2008, 11:44 PM

@Karrek1,welcome to 419lgal,

Quote:

Should I accept the offer and then turn the check into the police, would that stop them?

If you receive a cheque it will be either forged or stolen and you could be charged for being in POSSESSION of a forged instrument with penalties in the USA of up to fifteen years in jail!

IF you do get one pass it along to the postmaster in your area along with hard copies of any emails you have received!
The only way to stop these crooks is by them being put into jail, a very hard thing to do as they use false names and are usually based in an overseas country.
Please take any precaution you can to cover yourself.

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