Is the Usa Green card Lottery for real? or is it just a way to make money?
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It's for real. Only certain nationals can apply though.\nIt's also free and you can apply online during the registration period: http://www.dvlottery.state.gov/\nYou can also check there the exact requirments.
522788
It sounds like you are trying to find out about the "immigrant" or "green card" lottery. This is a diversity lottery that awards a certain number of permanent resident cards to people who want to immigrate to the US. There is no website that you can go to to register for something like that. You need to contact your local embassy or consulate and ask them for the forms you need to fill out to apply. You can also find all of this information on www.uscis.gov - The garbage ads you see all over the internet for the US Green Card Lottery or whatever they call it are junk. Those sites cannot guarantee anything. All they can do is help you fill out your forms, which you can probably do yourself anyway. They are really more like money-making schemes for the advertisers with no real value for the consumer. Don't waste your money!
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This is basically a lottery scam.\nYou end up paying for the fees with a fake cashiers check.\nThese can be faked as well as a personal check but make people feel safer because they are "cashiers check"\n\nYou cannot have an international lottery as the gambling laws differ in every country.\nThe scammers say it is "International" so as to cover every country.\nLotterys work like this:\n1)10,000 people pay 1 dollar/euro/pound/yen....etc\nThe lottery company now has 10,000\n\n2) the lottery company holds a draw and gives out 7,000 in winnings (and keeps the profit 3,000)\n\nScams work like this:\n-1)nobody pays money (there is no money to win)\n\n0)a scammer sends out 10,000 spam emails to tell people they have won a lottery they havn't entered.(they pretend they work for real lottery websites)\n\n2)The Scammer asks for your Personal details (be prepared! your inbox is going to be full of emails asking for you personally...and dont get me started on what they are gonna do with your Bank details!)\n\n3)The scammer tells you that you have to pay fees before you can accept the "winnings" (and NO,you cant pay out of the winnings! they dont exist!....silly maga)\n\n4)The scammer manages to con 3 people out of 1000 and gives all his profits to a charity for orphaned goats (he dosn't really...he keeps it ;) )\n\n5)Your inbox gets more mails than help@microsoft.com\nEverything from "You have won anotther sooperdooperlottry" to "CHAN U B A NEXT OF KIN" to "Please join our company,cash our checks,send us the money until your bank realises you are laundering money for us?)\n\nThe moral of the story is...If it sounds too good to be true... It probably is\n\n\n\nThe money orders will be fake....very good fakes.\nYou can hand them to a 25yr old bank teller and they wont know the difference.\nThe checks go in your account.\nYour bank "HONOURS" the checks\nYou send the money to the scammer in Nigeria\nThe bank sends the check back to the issuing bank (can take up to 6 months)\nThe Issueing bank refuses to "CLEAR" the check.\nYour bank says"Hey...you put in a fake check ....wheres the money?"\nYou say" I sent it to [insert scammers name here] by western union money transfer(untracable) to that lovely man/woman/both in Nigeria"\nThe bank says"??? you robbed your own bank???"\nYou plead Ignorance..."Im innocent" etc\nThey say "But YOU put the check in our bank...." and you do jail time for bank fraud\n\n"419" scammers....dont ya love 'em\nwww.fraudwatchers.org\nwww.scamomatic.com
3128
Yes most of them are scams.  They're usually women who use "love" to get a free green card.
795125
No Not in your case. they have lottery's but when you get married to a citizen especially a GI things are a little easier. You will become a naturalized citizen. The thing that's happened is a few have done fraudulent marriage for that purpose. So in turn INS has in some cases questioned the legitimacy of the marriage. Only in some cases. so they may tell you that after 2-3 yrs we will give you citizenship they have guidelines but I hope it goes well for you!!
854134
OR you can participate in American Green Card Lottery - usafis.com. I know some people who won, i'm also participating.... SO wish me luck PLZ!!!\n\nGood luck to you too
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Its a scam!\nYou cannot have an international lottery as the gambling laws differ in every country.\nThe scammers say it is "International" so as to cover every country.\nIf you want to check a email you think might be a scam go to www.scamomatic.com\nLotterys work like this:\n1)10,000 people pay 1 dollar/euro/pound/yen....etc\nThe lottery company now has 10,000\n\n2) the lottery company holds a draw and gives out 7,000 in winnings (and keeps the profit 3,000)\n\nScams work like this:\n-1)nobody pays money (there is no money to win)\n\n0)a scammer sends out 10,000 spam emails to tell people they have won a lottery they havn't entered.(they pretend they work for real lottery websites)\n\n2)The Scammer asks for your Personal details (be prepared! your inbox is going to be full of emails asking for you personally...and dont get me started on what they are gonna do with your Bank details!)\n\n3)The scammer tells you that you have to pay fees before you can accept the "winnings" (and NO,you cant pay out of the winnings! they dont exist!....silly maga)\n\n4)The scammer manages to con 3 people out of 1000 and gives all his profits to a charity for orphaned goats (he dosn't really...he keeps it ;) )\n\n5)Your inbox gets more mails than help@microsoft.com\nEverything from "You have won anotther sooperdooperlottry" to "CHAN U B A NEXT OF KIN" to "Please join our company,cash our checks,send us the money until your bank realises you are laundering money for us?)\n\nThe moral of the story is...If it sounds too good to be true... It probably is
473213
If you're talking about the Visa Diversity Lottery Program, it does exist.  There's no way of knowing ahead of time if you'll be chosen.  Fortunately, it doesn't cost unless you win.\n\nBest of luck.
55913
The purpose of the Green Card lottery, as stated by the literature, is to "expand the nationalities" that make up the USA.  Hence, citizens of countries that are already well represented in the US population, such as England and Mexico, do not qualify for the lottery.
648695
It can be done as follow:\n\nMarrying an American\nImmigrate on Work visa and then apply\nParticipating in Green Card Lotteries
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I have not heard of them until I received a letter on Friday.  I took the check to my bank manager to confirm my suspicion that this is a scam.  In order to win a lottery, you first have to play.  Ask yourself...how did they get your address, why didn't it come certified (especially with a check, etc.) The bank manager told me that they can get your bank account number from you endorse the check to deposit it.
197045
This is one of the biggest scams around.  You receive a letter that you one a lottery (you start thinking, did I enter one, odds are no) or you receive a letter from someone in a foreign country asking for your help.  Each promises you millions (from the lottery or if you help this foreigner) and all you have to do is provide your checking or savings account number.  Money will be wired into your account and you are an instant millionaire.......NOT!!!  They've just sucked your account dry of all the money you had.  \n\nDon't every reply to these scams unless you want to lose it all!
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SCAM, dude. I read an article about it awhile back.\n\nThey told me I had won and I live in the US LOL.\n\nStay away and do not give those people any personal info, please.\n\nI beg you.
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1005444
Hi,\n\nAs the other members are saying, it is a FRAUD used for identity theft and to earn some money.\n\nPlease read the article:\n\n"Lottery scams are one of the most common types of fraudulent email currently hitting inboxes. Be wary of unsolicited email that informs you that you have won a large sum of money in an international lottery. This is a common Internet scam. There is no lottery and no prize. Those who initiate a dialogue with the scammers by replying to the lottery scam emails will eventually be asked for advanced fees to cover expenses associated with delivery of the supposed "winnings". They may also become the victims of identity theft."\n\nI suggest you to go through the complete article here >http://www.hoax-slayer.com/email-lottery...\n\nI hope this helps.\n\n>>>Naveen Kumar
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Lotterys work like this:\n1)10,000 people pay 1 dollar/euro/pound/yen....etc\nThe lottery company now has 10,000\n\n2) the lottery company holds a draw and gives out 7,000 in winnings (and keeps the profit 3,000)\n\nScams work like this:\n-1)nobody pays money (there is no money to win)\n\n0)a scammer sends out 10,000 spam emails to tell people they have won a lottery they havn't entered.(they pretend they work for real lottery websites)\n\n2)The Scammer asks for your Personal details (be prepared! your inbox is going to be full of emails asking for you personally...and dont get me started on what they are gonna do with your Bank details!)\n\n3)The scammer tells you that you have to pay fees before you can accept the "winnings" (and NO,you cant pay out of the winnings! they dont exist!....silly maga)\n\n4)The scammer manages to con 3 people out of 1000 and gives all his profits to a charity for orphaned goats (he dosn't really...he keeps it ;) )\n\n5)Your inbox gets more mails than help@microsoft.com\nEverything from "You have won anotther sooperdooperlottry" to    "CHAN U B A NEXT OF KIN" to "Please join our company,cash our checks,send us the money until your bank realises you are laundering money for us?)\n\nThe moral of the story is...If it sounds too good to be true... It probably is
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It is a scam.\nYou cannot have an international lottery as the gambling laws differ in every country.\nThe scammers say it is "International" so as to cover every country.\nIf you want to check a email you think might be a scam go to www.scamomatic.com\nLotterys work like this:\n1)10,000 people pay 1 dollar/euro/pound/yen....etc\nThe lottery company now has 10,000\n\n2) the lottery company holds a draw and gives out 7,000 in winnings (and keeps the profit 3,000)\n\nScams work like this:\n-1)nobody pays money (there is no money to win)\n\n0)a scammer sends out 10,000 spam emails to tell people they have won a lottery they havn't entered.(they pretend they work for real lottery websites)\n\n2)The Scammer asks for your Personal details (be prepared! your inbox is going to be full of emails asking for you personally...and dont get me started on what they are gonna do with your Bank details!)\n\n3)The scammer tells you that you have to pay fees before you can accept the "winnings" (and NO,you cant pay out of the winnings! they dont exist!....silly maga)\n\n4)The scammer manages to con 3 people out of 1000 and gives all his profits to a charity for orphaned goats (he dosn't really...he keeps it ;) )\n\n5)Your inbox gets more mails than help@microsoft.com\nEverything from "You have won anotther sooperdooperlottry" to "CHAN U B A NEXT OF KIN" to "Please join our company,cash our checks,send us the money until your bank realises you are laundering money for us?)\n\nThe moral of the story is...If it sounds too good to be true... It probably is