| Emporio Collezione |
| Emporio Collezione (Smooth talking Italian men selling fake leather jackets) Old Bridge, New Jersey |
| 1st of Jul, 2011 by User982386 |
| Middle-aged Italian man with broken English pulled over next to my car in a red Ford Lincoln SUV near a WalMart to ask for directions. He wanted to know the location of a non-existent Italian clothing store. He claimed that he had not been in the area for over 6 years and feared the store may have closed down. He said he was in a rush to catch a plane back to Italy and that he couldn't bring his leather jackets onto the plane with him because of a restriction on his luggage and pulled out an official looking document from JFK to back up his statement. The man, whose name was Alfonso Russo, said he was from Italy and that he would be opening up a store in New York City in the following year and that he wanted to advertise his company, Emporio Collezione. He showed me three jackets and said they were real leather. He wanted to exchange one of his jackets for a gift for his mother in Italy whose birthday he was heading back for. Instead of selling each of the jackets that he said were worth $700, $800, and $800 dollars, he instead wanted to give them all to me to make good business and extended an open hand saying that I would always be welcome to drop by his house in Italy. He gave me his phone number, which he suspiciously had to withdraw from his own cell phone. As we continued talking, he told me to come down to JFK Airport in order to select the gift for his mother. After declining, he insisted that I pay him $170 as that would cover the entire cost of the gift. I did not have money on me and asked whether he was fine with driving over to an ATM machine where I could withdraw money. He then gave me his jackets to hold on to. He was completely fine with it and that set off my last alarm bell. For someone in a hurry to catch a flight to Italy, I would not be following a person through the streets of New Jersey in order to find an ATM machine. We drove out of the WalMart and he started following me. At that point, I realized that he was driving a rental car as the numbers on the license plate were in red lettering. I was able to get in touch with a friend of mine that then looked up the company that this guy was promoting and we realized it was a scam. It said to immediately notify law enforcement when you come across such an individual. I immediately got the guy's license plate number and called 911 as I thought this guy might attempt to do something aggressive after I refused to pay and gave him back his jackets. Police came and got our information, but honestly did not seem to care. They said the guy was free to sell whatever the hell he wanted, whenever he wanted to. I gave him back his jackets and the police got his information for the future. If I hadn't gotten the report online, I would have fallen victim to the scam. Emporio Collezione is not a real company and the jackets he was attempting to sell were not real leather and were probably worth much less than what he bargained for them. |
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ITALIAN FASHION - Emporio Collezioni SCAM in CANADA MARCH 31, 2012
This same guy approached my husband in the Costco Parking Lot in Port Coquitlam, B.C. May 11 2012. Asking for directions to the Vancouver airport. Then he tried to sell my husband a jacket for being so kind.
My husband did not have much cash so the guy suggested him to go to a cash machine. After looking at the product my husband declined.
Aldo was driving a rental car...
He gave us the same card.
ITALIAN FASHION
present
Milano Collection
EA Imporio logo + GA Milano (Since 1952) logo
ALDO
VIA MONTE NAPOLEONE 122 MILANO (ITALY)
TEL: 0126689207
FAX: 026689210
EMAIL: [email protected] |
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| Same guy ripped me off in Edmonton, AB today on June 7, 12. With the same story, making it so believable it was hard to doubt him. God this man is such a smooth talking a**h*** he ripped me and my dad off for $200 for 3 jackets. The jacket aren't bad, the quality isn't bad. However, the fact that he "scammed" me pisses me off. But, if anyone comes across the scumbag, make sure to report him. For the people getting the better deals of $200 below it's not that bad. But people paying ridic. amounts upto $800+ they need to be saved. |
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I'm sitting here laughing and smelling the kerosene like odor coming from my new coat my wife hung up last night to "air out". He who laughs, lasts, and my mirth is because I had one of these scammers driving A or the Blue Edge ask me how to get to Kennedy Airport from Manhattan's Upper West Side.
Virtual word for word. He even ran a flame from a disposable lighter over one jacket to show that it is not burnable plastic, just the real thing. I have lived most of my 80+ years here in NYC and one thing we survivors learn early is to not bullshit a bullshitter. I wore the bastard out, and he finally as he drove away, he literally threw a coat out the window for me to catch. "Are you happy now?" came out in the clearest English he had yet uttered. "Nope", I said, and he zoomed down Columbus Ave.
I thought that I might have hit the jackpot during the five minutes it took to get the coat home to my smart wife. She showed me one of her real Armani garments with the "V" in the logo in the opposite direction and the word "Armani" actually present.
Fortunately there is a"Housing Works" thrift shop across the street and around the corner and my next errand is to donate the jacket. They will get $50+ and aid their good works. I hope it doesn't stink up their store to much. |
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| Lmfao so I come home and my husband surprises me with two new leather jackets he had Jst bought!! He told me story of how & were he had purchased them...so we start Googling n start reading about the emporio collezione and found out we got scamed lol... I think they need to change there story around already haha Oh well he gave him $100 for his n hers jackets, now we got new fake armani jackets to show off in winter lol :) |
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| These guys must be all over the world im from Durban South Africa met bold Italian guy at a service station named Francesco A last month driving a rental Audi A1 looking for King Shaka International Airport after giving him direction he thanked me and said he had a gift for me showed me 5 suede with leather trims jackets and a suit i can have all of them for 7000ZAR he wanted to buy him son a birthday gift back in Italy told him didn't have that kind of cash but i was so hooked the garments were very nice he even flamed the leather work to show that it was real not vinyl to cut story short ended up getting 1 jacket for 1000ZAR i know its not Armani Collection as he claimed but its nice i love the merchandise what i don't understand why he lie about the whole thing |
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| Ha same here but i only paid 40 for my jacket. i told him i worked at mcdonals and only had 40 dollars in the bank. i still dont know if there fake or real any help . |
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It just happened to me in Houston, Tx outside a Home Depot in Sugar Land. Italian guy asking for directions to the airport. Just did a fashion show at the Galleria and didn't want to take back all this jackets.He driving a white brand new Ford Escape. He showed me his wallet and Boss watch. He gave me his business card. It says:
Emporio
Edy D.
Manager
Moda Italiana
8010 Milano Via, Pascoli, 144 Italia MI
Tel: (0039) 44-45-77 Fax:(0039) 44-4578
[email protected] wwww.emporioarmani.com
He even gave me his cell (01139) 3318669243.
On his passport it said Eduardo De Napoli.
He asked for $1000 for 8 jackets. I told him I didn't have that kind of money. I ended up getting 4 good looking jackets for $200. Not that mad about the deal. |
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Mississauga, Ontario
I was on my way to get a haircut, while walking in a Metro parking lot when this man in a black SUV called my attention. He said being lost and is in a hurry to get to the airport to catch his flight to Italy. I told him to take highway 403 and he even asked me if its east or west (I told him east). He even showed me an e-ticket of his flight, all I saw was AlItalia and his departure time. Then he get off his car and asked me some questions which made me suspicious, like what my job was (I told him I'm doing things here and there, not really an exact answer) then he asked me what my t-shirt size was. Then he said having jackets that he can't bring to Italy. From that point I knew something's not in place here. So I told him to get lost. Then he showed me that he has money (lot's of it actually, in 20 Canadian dollar bills, probably around 800-1000). I don't know why he showed me the money. Anyways, I walked away and I saw him sped off going to the direction of Hurontario. I think all the cash he showed me were from people he scammed that day. |
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Same here, got scammed yesterday, in La Jolla, CA same exact story. 3 Emporio collezione jackets and 2 joe sorrento suits. Same exact story.
Man in purple/red ford edge, late 20s, short buzzed hair, broken front teeth
Business card:
Mario Emporio Armani
via monte napoleone 3 Milano (via.monte.napoleone.3.milano.italia)
t:02.76003234
e: [email protected]
He will scam someone again and PLEASE TAKE A PICTURE OF HIM AND HIS CAR. With the internet help, we can locate him within 24 hours if someone takes his picture. |
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Same happened today to me in beverly hills.
same business card as the last guy. |
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| Same thing happened to me today. Italian guy in new metalic red mini van, very pleasant guy stops to ask directions to the 405 freeway. We talk, friendship develops, I look italian he says, we spoke italien, he says his mother has the same profession as me, we hit it off. .. then he asks me my size... he says he works for armani, gives me a card and whips out 2 leather jackets and then a suit... Says they are from the 2012 Armani Collection and he wants to give me a gift... I felt bad, didn't want to receive a gift and I gave him $200. He asked me to give him something of my own that I love for him to keep as a souvenir to remember me by... Sounded a bit strange...my gut started feeling a bit uncomfortable...but I thought ... what the hell, the jackets were really beautiful... he was such a nice guy.. so I gave him a 1.00 made in chine cello bridge that I bought for a cello I don't play and it did not fit the cello to begin with, but I planned to exchange it for a better match... We hugged and I wished him a happy trip and then told him next time I would invite him for dinner... Oh well. we got scammed, and true, I felt a bit foolish and disappointed that he misled me...but... I love the jackets. And in the bag... I found a third jacket... so not a bad deal after all. I may buy again... jackets are pretty nice... |
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| hello i think i fell for this scam my husband and i were walking to an academy store this italian guy walk up to my husband saying he need help that he needed to sell these leather jackets because he needed to get on the flight back home he show his ticket and passport to my husband and insisted he didn't want to do business with the so call white people he rather have an hispanic person wearing the jackets so he went on to say that the jackets were worth up to 2500.00 in the mall but he would give us 4 jackets for free and rest half price my husband said that he did have that much money so he said he would take 250.00 well we thought it was a good deal he even turned on a lighter to it to show us it wouldn't burn anyway to make things short we gave him 350 .00 for 7 jackets . after reading your article my husband is pissed... its okay what comes around goes around . its sad because that fool makes all italian people look bad. thanks for letting people like us know . |
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| Home depot in Pharr Texas today...FUCKKKKK I’m not too sure if I got scammed but by the way u all are talking I’m sure I did.. Well he’s driving a white ford suv goes by the name Pasqual, even gave me a cell number and to call him if I were ever in Italy... 4 men leather jackets, asking like 300, I told him I didn’t have any money and that its like 103 degrees right now and said he would take anything because he was leaving back to Italy today and didn’t want to pay the taxes and he would rather give them away to a newly made friend then to throw them in thru trash. Well let me tell you, the jackets are very very nice and if they are really fake well they did a bad ass job in making them. I was going to give him 140 but I felt sorry and gave him 180 because I felt more in helping the guy. The fake leather jackets here go for over 150 each. Yeah yeah yeah he gave me a story about wanting to buy a Nintendo game for his kid but like I said those jackets look really well made. The stitch lines were so straight not like fake things are, it all looked perfect and the same length on both sleeves. He even took a lighter to one of them and the damn thing didn’t burn. Plus they fit perfectly. I’m kind of saddened that they might not be real but shit WHO can tell the difference? I’d buy more but for a lesser price of course. To tell u the truth I feel like I scammed the guy anyway. Oh well… |
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| September 10, 2012 5:00 pm Oakville, Ontario (Zellers @ Hopedale Mall) - He got me for $260 for four jackets. Lost and looking for Pearson Airport |
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| I just found out now from my mom doing the research that this is all fake . I got taken for $1200 for seven jackets . Same story, i can't believe this . I am from Edmonton Alberta . So much for helping people out these days . That guy better hope i don't run into him again . I don't even want to tell my story . Just shocked right now . Driving a red, midsize SUV . Did the airport / designer / college student / can't afford the %20 tax on them at airport ($3200 Canadian) and wants to give them to me as a gift . In return could i help him out with paying for his expenses while he was doing his 4th year designer internship week down in Canada . This was same as others in rental car, hotel ect... that came to around $1200. He gave me his information, email, showed me passports, five credit cards/ ID info, plain ticket, rental car recipes ect... I even called him out on this all seems shady and like he is a criminal doing scams . We actual joked about that . Hmmmm... I still can't believe this and i pray people read this and get to this guy before this happens again . My so called Italian guy was younger and claimed he was 25years old . about 5'7 a little bit fat / stalky . Maybe 165lbs . Thats it . Hope this helps |
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| Dang IT!!! I was pretty sure this was a scam because parking lot sales out of the trunk of a car or van is always a scam. The well dressed Italian man wanted 1100 but would give me 3 other jackets for a gift. I knew at this point it was a scam but when I looked at the jackets and told him I only had 300 bucks he said no, then when I started walking back to my vehicle he said, wait, ok for you I will do this I'm in a hurry. This guy was not in a cheap car either, he was driving a new Mercedes sedan, guess the profits are good :-) anyway I did the deal because the jackets look very nice and for 75 bucks, , , , , I don't feel bad about the deal. |
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| Oh well! what can I say, same thing happened to me in Midland Tx. it looks like this freaking punks are all over the place now, live and learn, I gues that the lesson learned don't buy any thing that you don't need ever again. |
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| so i was in jaguars strip club when this italian man came towards me, he said he nedeed to tell all the peolpe that he scam that there where some ignorent motha fuckers how the fuck cant u tell that those fucking jackets smell like fake chinnese products... |
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Got the same thing happened with a similar business card in Beverly Hills on 10/9/12. I was parked outside a building when an Italian Man in a blue SUV rental pulled up and asked me about how to get to LAX. He handed me a Giorgio Armani card with two names on them but only the first letter of the last name.
Here's the details on the card:
Giorgio Armani
Gianni.L Vincenzo.M
Director
Prive
VIA MONTE NAPOLEONE 3.MILANO.ITALIA
FAX: 081600893 TEL: 3310887765
Email: [email protected] |
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Two well dressed men in suits met me outside BofA ATM @ LAX; wanted $600 for 4 jackets, i paid $140. They were driving white SUV. Showed me italian passport and rental car papers, told me they were leaving for Italy tomorrow and wanted to get rid of jackets as they will be charged customs. first they said they will give free jackets. showed me first three and asked half for the forth one.
SCAM!! SCAM!!SCAM!! SCAM!!SCAM!! SCAM!!SCAM!! SCAM!!SCAM!! SCAM!!SCAM!! SCAM!! |
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