I noticed the raffle thread was locked, so I am posting this.

I tried to e-mail them, and the mail came back claiming "fraudulent address". Having lost money to these types of schemes before, I am wondering if anyone has any info on this?

 

I got a response

Reporting-MTA: dns; autoraffle.org
Arrival-Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 11:51:44 -0400 (EDT)

Final-Recipient: RFC822; customerservice@autoraffle.org
Action: failed
Status: 5.1.1
Remote-MTA: X-Unix; mirapoint
Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550 5.1.1 User unknown
Last-Attempt-Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 11:51:46 -0400 (EDT)


Is this legit??

Or is this a scam??

axcilla

 

AUTORAFFLE.ORG

Website Status: Active
Web server hosts: 4595 other websites hosted
IP Address: 216.219.254.29
Visit Website: www.autoraffle.org
Record Type: Domain Name
Monitor: Add autoraffle.org to My Monitoring List
Search all domains: query: autoraffle
Other TLDs: .com .net .org .info .biz .us
X X X


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Domain ID91947208-LROR
Domain Name:AUTORAFFLE.ORG
Created On:06-Nov-2002 21:08:54 UTC
Last Updated On:06-Nov-2002 21:09:12 UTC
Expiration Date:06-Nov-2003 21:08:54 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:R63-LROR
Status:OK
Registrant ID:63-C
Registrant Name:SEE SPONSORING REGISTRAR
Registrant Street1:Whois Server:whois.networksolutions.com
Registrant Street2:Referral URL:www.networksolutions.com
Registrant City:N/A
Registrant Postal Code:N/A
Registrant Country:CA
Registrant Email:not@available.org
Admin ID:63-C
Admin Name:SEE SPONSORING REGISTRAR
Admin Street1:Whois Server:whois.networksolutions.com
Admin Street2:Referral URL:www.networksolutions.com
Admin City:N/A
Admin Postal Code:N/A
Admin Country:CA
Admin Email:not@available.org
Billing ID:63-C
Billing Name:SEE SPONSORING REGISTRAR
Billing Street1:Whois Server:whois.networksolutions.com
Billing Street2:Referral URL:www.networksolutions.com
Billing City:N/A
Billing Postal Code:N/A
Billing Country:CA
Billing Email:not@available.org
Tech ID:63-C
Tech Name:SEE SPONSORING REGISTRAR
Tech Street1:Whois Server:whois.networksolutions.com
Tech Street2:Referral URL:www.networksolutions.com
Tech City:N/A
Tech Postal Code:N/A
Tech Country:CA
Tech Email:not@available.org
Name Server:NS17.WORLDNIC.COM
Name Server:NS18.WORLDNIC.COM

 

Registrant:
Church of Religious Science (ZYKUCULLPD)
2-8 S Kinderkamack Road
Montvale, NJ 07645
US

Domain Name: AUTORAFFLE.ORG

Administrative Contact:
Church of Religious Science (BIXJEBTPLO) Rsci0118@aol.com
Church of Religious Science
2-8 S Kinderkamack Road
Montvale, NJ 07645
US
201-391-8900
Technical Contact:
VeriSign, Inc. (HOST-ORG) namehost@WORLDNIC.NET
VeriSign, Inc.
21355 Ridgetop Circle
Dulles, VA 20166
US
1-888-642-9675

Record expires on 06-Nov-2003.
Record created on 06-Nov-2002.
Database last updated on 22-Apr-2003 12:52:56 EDT.

Domain servers in listed order:

NS17.WORLDNIC.COM 216.168.225.147
NS18.WORLDNIC.COM 216.168.225.148

 

Um... not to sound too computer illiterate, but what does all that mean?

 

basically tells you who owns the website and gives you contact information. You could contact them to verify if its legit or not.

 

Did a little more investigative work. http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/lgccc/lgcalpha/lgcce.htm
The Church hosting this raffle is legally liscensed to do so in NJ.

 

good work 1a-race

axcilla

 

Thanks!

 

It's legit or they wouldn't be allowed to have a banner.