Adelaide’s ‘nice guy’ casanova conman, Ammo Mazzini allegedly scams thousands of dollars from women

Several women have come forward to reveal Adelaide’s casanova conman, who fleeced them of thousands in his dazzling array of bizarre lies.

Ammo Mazzini is accused by four women of fleecing them out of thousands. Picture: Supplied

An Adelaide man allegedly fleeced women he met mostly on dating apps, wrote fake emails from a KC, faked heart attacks, lied about being Robbie Williams’ drummer and sold non-existent concert tickets.

Four alleged victims, from Adelaide’s north and Murray Bridge, say previously convicted fraudster Amedeo Mazzini, 54, relies on a “nice guy”, jokester persona to convince women to either send him money or provide him with free rent.

They say they didn’t know each other before each of them met Mr Mazzini. When contacted by the Sunday Mail, Mr Mazzini said the claims were all concocted by a group of friends out to get him.

Single mum Emma Louise met Mazzini, also known as Ammo, a few years ago through friends. Ms Louise has always been a music lover.

Emma Louise, a mother who can only work part-time because of medical condition was allegedly scammed for thousands by Ammo Mazzini. Picture: Dean Martin

Amedeo Mazzini is said to be a charming, “smiley, bubbly” man. Picture: Supplied

She can only work part-time because of a serious medical condition and could not afford to go to concerts.

Ms Louise said Mazzini told her he worked for a well-known ticketing company and offered her and her friends cheap tickets and took their money long in advance of concerts.

“It was all so exciting,” she said. She said he promised to provide tickets when they arrived for a concert.

“We were literally in line waiting to go in,” she said. “And when I called, he said he had a heart attack and nearly died and was in hospital.”

Ms Louise said he kept making excuses, including sending emails pretending to work for major companies he didn’t work for, purporting to be a non-existent person saying he was again in hospital and suggesting he could not provide the tickets because he was on his death bed.

Emma Louise claims she was scammed by Ammo Mazzini. Picture: Dean Martin

Ms Louise said all up, she and her friends lost $2060 on concert tickets.

She and two of the other women made statements to police.

No charges have been laid against Mr Mazzini.

One woman, a nurse, said she met Mazzini on a dating site.

“I didn’t think that much of him at first. I certainly didn’t think he was much to look at, but he just kept persisting,” she said.

“One night he came over and I think we’d finished work late. (He) brought a pizza. It was continual things like that. You know, and the flowers at work. I thought to myself, ‘it’s not about the looks, it’s the person inside’.”

Ammo Mazzini is accused by four women of fleecing them out of thousands. Picture: Supplied

A message to Emma Louise claiming that Mazzini had “another heart attack” and “the response doesn’t look very favourable”. Picture: Supplied

She said she gave Mazzini money for a romantic holiday that never eventuated, and that he never repaid the money.

She said when she contacted the company that Mazzini said he was working for – the same one he had told Ms Louise he got the tickets from – the company advised that he did not work for them.

A third woman said Mazzini told her he was about to get a $4 million payout because he was suing police. The woman claimed he forged several emails, purportedly from a high-profile Adelaide KC, about the legal action.

The woman said Mazzini asked her family to help him financially in the meantime, so they paid for all his legal expenses, and gave him rent-free access for a few months to a commercial property to start a hairdressing business.

She said that when he was supposed to pay rent after a few months, he left the property with at least $1400 in unpaid rent.

She said Mazzini told her he could procure cheap TVs for her and her friends and gave him cash. But the TVs never arrived.

An email from a supposed retail sales representative which Mazzini showed people who had given him money for TVs they say never arrived. Picture: Supplied

“He told us he was Robbie Williams’ drummer for Australian tours. Just so we would feel more comfortable in handing over money,” she said.

The third woman said Mazzini claimed Mafia were after him and her parents’ home was subject to a bomb threat. She said she later discovered he was lying after contacting the KC, who told her she was not representing Mazzini. She said she kicked him out of the house and that he cut contact after she confronted him.

The woman said she reported Mazzinito police but no money was returned.

Amedeo Mazzini. Picture: Supplied

In April 2008, Mr Mazzini was sentenced to three years and four months jail after being found guilty of 11 counts of dishonest dealing.

He forged his parents’ signatures and created a fraudulent solicitor’s certificate to gain almost $700,000 in loans using his parents’ property.

His Facebook profile was deleted in mid-November last year, but before that his posts showed he was living it up with a new girlfriend, holidaying on yachts and staying in hotels for two months in Italy and Spain.

It is understood Mazzini is living in Italy where he says his family have been giving him money as he is “sick”.

Other photos show him recently holidaying on a boat.

The Sunday Mail put all the allegations to Mazzini.

Responding by email, he claimed the stories were all invented by a group of friends who were out to get him after Ms Louise posted a warning about his behaviour online.

“What you have alleged is all false and taken way out of prospect (sic),” he said.

Mazzini also said: “The trips to Spain and whatever other false information you have are not true.

“Went to Spain to visit family. Is that a crime? Boat trip, is that a crime? Eating out with family, is that a crime? Paid by family.”

SA Police declined to provide comment.