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Old 09-24-2008, 02:50 AM
RLJ RLJ is offline
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Default massage scam

I have also received a message from a Mrs Mirella Baroni, also from Italy, with the model/client... different name than the others... who wants a massage... definitely a scam. Signed with her address,
Mirella Baroni
Piazzale Lugano, 15
20123 Milano ,
Italy

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Old 09-24-2008, 02:57 AM
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Default massage scam... full text

Here's the full text of the email I received. Apparently the model she mentions is for real, at least she comes up on a Google search. I wonder if she knows her name is being used this way?



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 Washington 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 because i do check it frequently.

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

Mirella Baroni
Piazzale Lugano, 15
20123 Milano ,
Italy


-----------------------------------CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:------------------------------------------------------The information contained in this email is privileged and confidential, and is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any disclosure,copying,distribution, electronic storage or use of this communication is prohibited. If you receive this communication in error, please notify us immediately by email, attaching the original message, and delete the original message from your computer and any network to which your.



__________________________________________________ _____________

Con Tiscali Adsl 8 Mega navighi SENZA LIMITI e GRATIS PER I PRIMI TRE MESI. In seguito paghi solo € 19,95 al mese. Attivala subito, l’offerta è valida fino al 25/09/2008!

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Old 09-24-2008, 04:49 AM
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Default here's the email I received

I had to erase all the links to be able to post. dont know if that info was needed?

Massage InquiryTuesday, September 23, 2008 5:22 PM
From Tue Sep 23 17:22:54 2008
Return-Path: <
Authentication-Results: mta460.mail.re4.yahoo.com from=tiscali.it; domainkeys=neutral (no sig)
Received: from 195.130.225.13 (EHLO mrqout3.tiscali.it) (195.130.225.13) by mta460.mail.re4.yahoo.com with SMTP; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:22:58 -0700
Received: from [10.39.115.25] by mrq-3 with esmtp (Exim) id 1KiI9e-0006MB-Nk; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:22:55 +0200
Received: from ps22 (10.39.75.92) by mail-5-it.mail.tiscali.sys (8.0.022) id 48D3A746000113B1; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:22:54 +0200
Message-ID: <28688461.197521222215774504.JavaMail.defaultUser@ defaultHost>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:22:54 +0200 (CEST)
From: "< Add sender to Contacts
Reply-To: "<
Subject: Massage Inquiry
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_6627_16354676.1222215774504"
xOriginalSenderIP: 124.82.230.9
Content-Length: 15542

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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 Washington 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 (because i do check it frequently.

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

Mirella Baroni
Piazzale Lugano, 15
20123 Milano ,
Italy


-----------------------------------CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:------------------------------------------------------The information contained in this email is privileged and confidential, and is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any disclosure,copying,distribution, electronic storage or use of this communication is prohibited. If you receive this communication in error, please notify us immediately by email, attaching the original message, and delete the original message from your computer and any network to which your.




__________________________________________________ _____________

Con Tiscali Adsl 8 Mega navighi SENZA LIMITI e GRATIS PER I PRIMI TRE MESI. In seguito paghi solo € 19,95 al mese. Attivala subito, l’offerta è valida fino al 25/09/2008!

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Old 09-24-2008, 05:55 AM
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Default Email from malaysia!!!

Dear trivet

Welcome to 419Legal.
Thank you for the full headers. It is really useful to check where the email actually comes from.
Quote:
Originally Posted by trivet View Post
xOriginalSenderIP:124.82.230.9
The headers show that the original IP is
Quote:
IP Information for 124.82.230.9
IP Location : Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Tm Adsl Service Provider Malaysia
The other IPs are just routing even it shows like from Italy.

Awareriskinc

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Old 09-24-2008, 08:12 PM
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Default Italian Massage Therapy Scam

Just FYI, I got this scam email today too. I guess it's been circulating for a while. I just reported it as spam from my yahoo account.

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Old 09-24-2008, 11:56 PM
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Default

Joanna Opoka is a real person. If my name were being used this way I would want to know. How do you go about informing people of stuff like this?

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Old 10-02-2008, 06:53 PM
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Default Also got the same one

I also received the same email. I am intrigued that they are targeting people in the Seattle area - I wonder how they are collecting practitioner emails. I am just starting practice, and have barely distributed my email at all! However, I did register a domain name.

I got the "generic" pitch because at this time, my website isn't up yet and my modalities aren't listed on the card I have been giving out. So they wouldn't have known to ask me for my special Chi Nei Tsang treatment. :-)

I'm going to start warning people. Thanks to everyone else for warning me.


--I had the header posted here, but I had inadvertantly included my email address, and the board wouldn't let me edit it out without removing all the email addresses. I must say posting a scam email on this board is not so easy. I tried --

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 Washington 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 (mirellabaro@yahoo.it ) because i do check it frequently.

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

Mirella Baroni
Piazzale Lugano, 15
20123 Milano ,
Italy


-----------------------------------CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:------------------------------------------------------The information contained in this email is privileged and confidential, and is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any disclosure,copying,distribution, electronic storage or use of this communication is prohibited. If you receive this communication in error, please notify us immediately by email, attaching the original message, and delete the original message from your computer and any network to which your.




__________________________________________________ _____________

Con Tiscali Adsl 8 Mega navighi SENZA LIMITI e GRATIS PER I PRIMI TRE MESI. In seguito paghi solo € 19,95 al mese. Attivala subito, l’offerta è valida fino al 25/09/2008!


Last edited by flotsette; 10-02-2008 at 07:29 PM. Reason: deleting email
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Old 10-16-2008, 02:01 AM
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Default Targetting London too

Hi,
Just found this site on Google, after my wife received a couple of emails with very similar wording to what you've quoted here...
" How are you today? My name is Mrs Maria Bowens, i live and work here in Chicago, 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 the US. I have a client Miss Victoria Gardner a model here in America, She will be coming to the England in three weeks time for a modeling job and she will be residing in London South West temporarily until the neccesary arrangement for her job has been made before she leaves.."
Then the follow-up made this request:
"I spoke with the Equipments rental manager today and was told he will not be able to cash a Uk cheque in Asia as it will take a month to clear in asia and it will affect Miss Gardner's job. I want to know if i can make the cheque in your name as it is a cheque drawn on a UK bank, 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 of the money 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.."

Oh and she couldn't manage any treatment on Sunday because she had to go to church... all day presumably. She's coming "to the England" en route to Asia. Strange then that her therapist in Chicago has an Italian Tiscali email address, and then all the other addresses are Yahoo or free email providers.

So apparently the cheque is on its way to us. I'd love to do a hotel sting. 'Tis the season of the "credit crunch" conmen.

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Old 10-16-2008, 02:36 AM
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Default Massage scam with Fake check fraud

Dear jond

Welcome to 419Legal.

This is a typical “Fake Check Fraud”.
NEVER try to cash the check in your bank account and NEVER wire the rest portion
to the “Equipments rental manager in Asia” thru Western Union.
You are liable to pay all the check amount back to your bank, when it bounces.
If you received the check, please immediately report to your local police or law enforcement
together with the check and all copies of emails received.

Awareriskinc

PS: Please Click here to find this scam in another thread of the forum.


Last edited by Awareriskinc; 10-16-2008 at 03:26 AM. Reason: typo and add info
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Old 10-16-2008, 06:15 PM
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Default Thanks

Thanks for the advice, that's exactly what I intend to do. And will forward our info to our local massage therapist groups. Very useful website.

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