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419 Scam – "NEW MEXICO LOTTERY (Mr Paterson Lasely, Caroline Bryan)"
"NEW MEXICO LOTTERY (Mr Paterson Lasely, Caroline Bryan)" are labels used by a fake lottery run by criminals in Nigeria. Please send us replies by "claims agents", especially money demands and payment instructions, we will publish them here. Please forward copies of fraud emails to the abuse department of the MSN domains and/or webmail address listed as the contact email for the "claims agent". Ask for the domains / addresses to be suspended because they are used in a 419 fraud (see 419 FAQ).
Domain registered for this scam:
New Mexico Lottery Headquarters: Palais Des Nations, 109 Geneva 14, Switzerland WINNING INFORMATION: The members and sponsors happily announce to you the draw of the New Mexico Lottery programs held on the 1st of February, 2005 in Melbourne, Australia. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 2247887653 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 individuals and companies. The Lottery teams up with local companies and media partners to promote Lottery products, and informs citizens on where the proceeds from Lottery ticket sales go. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,000,000 EURO(ONE MILLION EURO) in cash. This is from a total cash prize of FIFTY THREE MILLION EURO,shared amongst the first hundred (53) lucky winners in this category. A statewide focus is taken on most large promotions, and the Lottery works with local companies, such as Pepsi and IBM, in "co-promotional" partnerships. These partnerships help each company introduce new products to customers. This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned. In view of this, your 1,000,000 EURO(ONE MILLION EURO) would be released to you by our Security firm. To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary/Claims Agent: Name: Mr Paterson Lasely Email: mail@n-mexico.net To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to contact Mr Paterson Lasely with followings details below: 1. Your full names,telephone, contact address 2. quote your Ticket number in any correspondences with us or our designated agent. Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. The Lottery is strongly committed to maintaining the privacy of personal information that is gathered from the use of its web site and web services. The following statement discloses the Lottery's privacy policy and its information gathering/dissemination practices. The Lottery will not release personal information to third parties except where it is already provided by law. Depending on the specific nature of the service, information may be shared with other state agencies as stated in the Open Records Act. This statute allows for the exchange of public records or sharing of information between public agencies when the exchange is serving a legitimate governmental need or is necessary in the performance of a legitimate government function. E-mail addresses or other information that is obtained as a result of interacting with the Colorado Lottery web site will be used for the benefit of the Lottery and will not be sold to third party companies except as required by the Open Records Act. The Lottery will not share personal information with any private party, except as required by the Open Records Act. Sincerely, Caroline Bryan (Zonal Coordinator) NB. please contact our fiduciary/Claims Agent: Name: Mr Paterson Lasely Email: mail@n-mexico.net Message headers: Received: from 192.116.119.147 by by15fd.bay15.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 08 Apr 2005 14:15:18 GMT X-Originating-IP: [192.116.119.147] X-Originating-Email: [info@newmexico-2005.com] X-Sender: info@newmexico-2005.com From: "New Mexico Organisational Promo" <info@newmexico-2005.com> Bcc: Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION!!! Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 14:15:18 +0000 The website of that "lottery" is hosted on a free webhoster. It lists the following phone numbers, which are UK special service numbers that probably forward incoming calls to Nigeria:
The sending IP address is the same as in an email sent to us by a person claiming to be a lawyer for an unnamed relative of Rafiu Otono, a Nigerian gangster who is associated with the Vic Biz gang in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.
WHOIS details for sending network (IP 192.116.119.147): inetnum: 192.116.119.0 - 192.116.119.255 netname: GILAT-SATCOM-BLOCK-3 descr: Gilat-Satcom remarks: For abuse issues related to Gilat, email abuse-gilat@012.net.il notify: abuse-gilat@012.net.il country: GB admin-c: GS3350-RIPE tech-c: GS3350-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PA mnt-by: AS9116-MNT mnt-lower: AS9116-MNT changed: lir@linux.goldenlines.net.il 20050102 source: RIPE route: 192.116.64.0/18 descr: Goldenlines remarks: For addressing issues, email lir@linux.goldenlines.net.il remarks: For abuse issues, email abuse@012.net.il origin: AS9116 mnt-by: AS9116-MNT changed: lir@linux.goldenlines.net.il 20041121 source: RIPE role: Gilat Support address: Gilat Satcom address: 21D Yagia Kapaim st. Petach-Tikva, Israel phone: +972 3 9255000 fax-no: +972 3 9217938 admin-c: DR5299-RIPE admin-c: GE2074-RIPE tech-c: DR5299-RIPE tech-c: GE2074-RIPE trouble: abuse-gilat@012.net.il e-mail: customer@gilat.net nic-hdl: GS3350-RIPE mnt-by: AS9116-MNT changed: hank@att.net.il 20040909 source: RIPE WHOIS details for "n-mexico.net": Request: n-mexico.net connected to whois.enom.com [66.151.151.170:43] ... Registration Service Provided By: Microsoft Contact: personal_address@css.one.microsoft.com Visit: http://support.msn.com/contactus.aspx?pk=PersonalAddress Domain name: n-mexico.net Registrant Contact: Paterson Lasely Paterson Lasely (mail@n-mexico.net) +1.9167308552 Fax: none 1648 53rd St Sacramento, CA 95819 US Administrative Contact: Paterson Lasely Paterson Lasely (mail@n-mexico.net) +1.9167308552 Fax: none 1648 53rd St Sacramento, CA 95819 US Technical Contact: NOC MSN NOC MSN (MSN-PA-TECH@msn.com) +1.4258828080 Fax: none One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 US Billing Contact: NOC MSN NOC MSN (MSN-PA-BILL@MSN.COM) +1.4258828080 Fax: none One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 US Status: Locked Name Servers: pdomns1.msn.com pdomns2.msn.com Creation date: 05 Apr 2005 05:19:06 Expiration date: 05 Apr 2006 05:19:06 WHOIS details for "newmexico-2005.com": Request: newmexico-2005.com connected to whois.melbourneit.com [203.27.227.114:43] ... Domain Name.......... newmexico-2005.com Creation Date........ 2005-04-01 Registration Date.... 2005-04-01 Expiry Date.......... 2006-04-01 Organisation Name.... New Mexico Organisational Promo Organisation Address. 1648 53rd St Organisation Address. Organisation Address. Sacramento Organisation Address. 95819 Organisation Address. CA Organisation Address. UNITED STATES Admin Name........... New Mexico Organisational Promo Admin Address........ 1648 53rd St Admin Address........ Admin Address........ Sacramento Admin Address........ 95819 Admin Address........ CA Admin Address........ UNITED STATES Admin Email.......... info@newmexico-2005.com Admin Phone.......... +1.9167308552 Admin Fax............ Tech Name............ MSN NOC Tech Address......... One Microsoft Way Tech Address......... Tech Address......... Redmond Tech Address......... 98052 Tech Address......... WA Tech Address......... UNITED STATES Tech Email........... MSN-PA-TECH@msn.com Tech Phone........... +1.4258828080 Tech Fax............. Name Server.......... pdomns1.msn.com Name Server.......... pdomns2.msn.com WHOIS details for "nmexico.net": Request: nmexico.net connected to whois.enom.com [66.151.151.170:43] ... Registration Service Provided By: Microsoft Contact: personal_address@css.one.microsoft.com Visit: http://support.msn.com/contactus.aspx?pk=PersonalAddress Domain name: nmexico.net Registrant Contact: New Mexico Lottery New Mexico Lottery (info@nmexico.net) +1.9167308552 Fax: none 1648 53rd St Sacramento, CA 95819 US Administrative Contact: New Mexico Lottery New Mexico Lottery (info@nmexico.net) +1.9167308552 Fax: none 1648 53rd St Sacramento, CA 95819 US Technical Contact: NOC MSN NOC MSN (MSN-PA-TECH@msn.com) +1.4258828080 Fax: none One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 US Billing Contact: NOC MSN NOC MSN (MSN-PA-BILL@MSN.COM) +1.4258828080 Fax: none One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 US Status: Locked Name Servers: pdomns1.msn.com pdomns2.msn.com Creation date: 29 Mar 2005 03:30:51 Expiration date: 29 Mar 2006 03:30:51
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