Commercial debt collection scam by Adriana (or Marco) Altosinno
Description of Potential Fraud:

A lawyer in California and one in New Jersey have notified us that they received an email from the purported Adriana Altosinno of Olivetti S.P.A or Marco Altosinno of A.M.P Pisani with regards to a commercial debt collection scam. For examples of other names attached to this kind of fraud see our Confirmed Fraud Page. For an explanation of how this fraud works see our Fraud Fact Sheet.
Here is one initial email:
From: Adriana Altosinno [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 2:53 PM
To:
Subject: Legal Rep
We require your assistant in collection matter, please let us know if you can handle the case we shall forward you the detail so you can run a conflict check.
Our email sever is currently down, please reply to my personal email:: [email protected]
Yours Sincerely,
Adriana Altosinno: Resp. Ufficio
Olivetti S.p.A.
Via Jervis 77
10015 Ivrea Italy
Phone: 0125 7751
http://www.olivetti.com/
And here is another:
From: Marco Altosinno [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2013 2:59 AM
To:
Subject: Legal Representative
We are Italian company and require your assistant in collection matter, please let us know if you can handle the case we shall forward you the
detail so you can run a conflict check.
Our email sever is current down please reply to my personal email:: [email protected]
Yours Sincerely,
Marco Altosinno
Chief Executive Officer
A.M.P. PISANI (S.R.L.)
6/8, Via Giuseppe Ungaretti 27024 Cilavegna (PV) ITALY
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October 27, 2014 at 12:53 pm, Dana D. Jacobson said:
Thanks for this information – it looks like they’ve changed the name and the type of legal matter, but I just cc’d you on a short interchange I had with somebody purporting to be with Olivetti and wanting representation in Texas in an acquisition of a Texas company.
Dana D. Jacobson
President
The Jacobson Law Firm, P.C.
San Antonio, TX
October 30, 2014 at 11:47 am, C. Thompson said:
Received this yesterday. Sounds like same scam as Ms. Jacobson. Note the use of the gmail address. Ms. Sternini is the CEO – you think she’d be using Gmail?
From: Cinzia Sternini [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 6:12 PM
Subject: M&A
We would like to retain your firm to help us in the process to review proposed transactions, contract agreement for acquisitions or purchase of businesses and creation of contracts for acquisition (merger) and general corporate matters, insurance transactions, performs a broad range of corporate governance and insurance code work and civil litigation/collection. If you are interested we shall forward you the company information and letter of intent.
Respectfully,
Cinzia Sternini
Olivetti S.p.A.
Via Jervis 77, 10015 Ivrea (TO) Italy
Tel. 0125 7751
[email protected]
http://www.olivetti.it/
November 03, 2014 at 2:11 pm, Dana D. Jacobson said:
Update on the Olivetti scheme: I received in the mail this morning what looks like a check for $350K payable to my law firm from the purported debtor, Allied Electronics, Inc. It included a note that it was being sent as the first installment of the debt they owe. I have notified the FBI and asked to speak with an agent.
Dana Jacobson
San Antonio, TX
November 11, 2014 at 1:36 pm, Christopher Brown said:
I received a similar email today as follows:
From: Cinzia Sternini [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 8:09 AM
To:
Subject: M&A
We would like to retain your firm to help us in the process to review proposed transactions, contract agreement for acquisitions or purchase of businesses and creation of contracts for acquisition (merger) and general corporate matters, insurance transactions, performs a broad range of corporate governance and insurance code work and civil litigation/collection. If you are interested we shall forward you the company information and letter of intent.
Respectfully,
Cinzia Sternini
December 16, 2014 at 1:47 am, John Davis said:
We received similar, as well as the $350,000 check. We reached out to Allied Electronics.
The email:
……………………………….
From: Andrea Vascon [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 1:05 PM
Subject: Merger/Acquisition
We would like to retain your firm to help us in the process to review
proposed transactions, contract agreement for acquisitions or purchase of
businesses and creation of contracts for acquisition (merger) and general
corporate matters, insurance transactions, performs a broad range of
corporate governance and insurance code work and civil
litigation/collection. If you are interested we shall forward you the
company information and letter of intent.
Best Regard,
Andrea Vascon
ReeR S.p.A.
Via Carcano 32
I-10153-Turin
Tel:112-482-215
[email protected]
http://www.reer.it/