In regulations, DV lottery winners will be sent notification letter to mailing address. I just want to know that will i be notified by email If I won DV lottery?
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NO, only postal mail.\nIt says so clearly in the regulations.
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There is absolutely nothing illegal about companies acting as intermediaries for the green card lottery , the key word is "posing as official U.S. Government sites". Most of these companies DO NOT pose as U.S. Government but rather they are deceiving and make it sound that you can only apply through them. The legality of this can be disputed. If you are stupid enough to believe that you have to apply through them then it's your loss.\nOne good thing about these companies is that they advertise the green card lottery , whereas the US government does not.\n\nThe visa lottery became electronic only for the past 2 years, before that you had to mail a form, and the practice to use intermediaries was very common especially for people in undeveloped countries where the mail service reliability \nwas very low. \n\nEven now ,although, you can apply electronically,if you happen to win, you get a letter in the mai. If that letter is lost you are screwed there is no way to know that you won. This is one reason people may still choose an intermediary. The wining notification is sent to the intermediary who in turn posts the info on the net, so people that applyed can check their status online.\n\nIf the US Goverment would provide a way to check if you won or not, there would be no need to use an intermediary.\n\nPersonally, I think that anybody who uses an intermediary is an idiot, but that is their right. There is nothing illegal about it. As you stated, the US Goverment makes it very clear that no such intermediry is needed, if you don't read it's your problem.
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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
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For the DV lottery, you can use anyone who is in the US legally, makes enough money per the poverty guidelines, and is willing to serve as your sponsor.\n\nThe I-864 form and the prior years' tax returns are not required; those are only needed for family-sponsored immigrant visas.  For the DV, just the I-134 is needed.
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Chinese nationals do not qualify for the DV lottery due to high immigration rates. If you carry a Chinese citizenship then you are Chinese, your ethnicity is irrelevant. If you happen to also carry a different citizenship you can use that to apply for the DV lottery (if that country qualifies for the DV program)
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Fake!  Just think about your state lottery contacting you that you won.  Okay, you have to have entered or bought a ticket.
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the DV lottery is free you don't need a credit card unless you want to use an intermediary.\n\nThe official DV lottery web site is :\nhttp://www.dvlottery.state.gov/\n\nRegistration starts again in November
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Whoa! It's a nice mail regarding lottery wins. You must have already seen those attractions. Kool!! I know what they do. First, they are gonna ask whether you are interested or not. I remember..... they wouldn't pay much interest to you. This way or that, the would require your registration. And a......... it's like this: -\n\n"We greatly invite you to our community, sir. Our correspondence office in your city is going to contact you for the details of ########## sum for money transfer. Prior to this short process we need your registration and again a short sum of 5000 Rupees (~$120) to continue with your coinfirmation to our central office. We hope your response for the same."\n\nAnd who cares for 5000 if there's 500000000. Then you reply and send the money, for you see those registered sites and technical e-mails. And then there is nothing left for you to be done. You see it was all clear and so wonderful, you get up like a model millionare and end like a millionare model. Finally, you get a heartattack and next day you find yourself in a hospital. Loosing 5000 was a good experience for you and you again found an email saying " YOU WON ####################################### SUM IN A LOTTERY"\n\nor else switch on your spam blocker kit........
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Yes.  You will receive it in the mail.
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Report a fraudulent email\nNigerian 419 Scam letters, Lottery emails, Phishing emails and other fraudulent emails should be forwarded to our Investigation Team at:\n\nscams@fraudwatchinternational (add .com to the end)
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I am pretty sure that buying a lottery ticket automatically allows them the use of your name and image in case of winning - check to see if there is anything to that effect written on the lottery ticket itself.  The official website for the NY Lottery is http://www.nylottery.org
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Nope...if you throw away all the junk mail you receive in your home do you get bad luck ? People must be downright stupid to believe in chain letters.\n\nIf they really get good luck every one who had an email account would be a millionaire
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You are attacked by fraud people.They  stole your identification like name, address,bank account number and more.It may be from lottery company as they pretend or related to property.They ask for Notary fees which they have to pay to authority to transfer the part of money to your account.I received similar mail from Nigeria.They use yahoo id, which does not go to bulk folder usually. So you can report to spam by clicking on'spam' in inbox.
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It will not appear.  The only way something like that could happen is if the e-mail installed a program on your computer, in which case that would be more frightening than seeing a fortune cookie.  You could be infected with any sort of computer virus if that were the case.\n\nDon't believe anything that says that something will happen (you'll win money, have good luck, see fireworks/fortune cookie/flowers) if you forward an e-mail. People are preying on your superstitions.
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If you can, tell me the results of tommorrow's lottery.
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Tell me about it.  I was hoping that the scores would come in today's mail.  But they didn't.  Good Luck!!
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When did you enter this Lottery?\nBy responding you have let them know they have an Active E-Mail Account, you may win many Lotteries now.\nWhat you want to do now; You may want to watch for money to disappear from your Bank Account. Keep an eye on your Credit, if you gave them enough information, they can now get a Credit Card in your name. That about all I know you can do now. Good Luck.\nIn the Future never respond to Lotteries you never entered.