Why does Yahoo allow fraudulent ads on US immigrant lottery?
361591
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.
669798
Its a spam or worse a scam...\nThey will be looking for your personal information(its worth it to them if they can confirm that your email address works)\nOr they will ask you to pay "fees" to collect your "winnings"\n\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
293472
More than likely not.  Did you enter into any lottery?  It's a scam, stay away from it.
520057
NO!! But it is a scam because lottery that advertises on the internet is not legal.
472189
If you get an email from, say, stranger@yahoo.com - then your best chance of finding SOME further info might be to enter http://profiles.yahoo.com/stranger into your browser.\n\nBut remember, any email in that sort of format is NOT "from Yahoo", by which I mean it is never a direct communication from Yahoo to you - it is simply from a USER of Yahoo, just like you and I are.\n\nSo IF such an email tells you you've just won $10000 in the Yahoo Lottery, or that Yahoo is going to CHARGE for all its products starying next month, or ANY such thing - TREAT IT AS GARBAGE.  HOAX.\n\nThat is NOT how the real Yahoo communicates.
666705
It is a scam.\n"34 678 248 946" is a untracable mobile phone(vodafone)\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
253335
It's a scam I get e-mails all the time stating I won the Nigerian lottery, The Canadian lottery etc.. Do not repeat do not give them you company's foreign account number they will wipe that account out. If you won a lottery you don't need to send any money to collect the winnings the tax money will be taken out of the winnings.
118360
I received an email saying I'd won $500 and telling me to click a link to claim my prize.  When I clicked on the link the page could not be displayed.  I wrote to Yahoo! admin. to ask how to claim and I have had no response.  I seriously think it's a scam.
2919
there is no yahoo lottery.  this is a scam.
335303
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.
983669
i wondered the same thing, then tried to figure out how to contact yahoo to get them removed off their search for financial assistance. unfortunately im not that computer savy. if we all report them to EVERYONE, we can get these guys!!!!
421570
it is not legal  in the us to gamble over the internet
57225
Why would you have to send them money for them to send you money. They way the lottery works is you give them money in advance if you are chosen then they give you money. It's nothing like you've but we need more money from you. This is definitely a scam please do not send these people or anyone you do not know money.
843026
AVOID any internet sites for green card lottery.  Only rely on the federal gov site. www.state.gov
534807
This is guaranteed to be a fraud.  No legitimate lottery mails out cashiers checks or asks you to pay money to them to cover any type of expenses including taxes.  Taxes are ALWAYS withheld by legitimate lotteries.  I suggest you report this to both the FBI and the usps police.
797199
If one isn't willing to be truthfull with the organization that evaluates one's eligibility for citizenship then it seems reasonable to me that the applicant be denied.\n   Citing other legal offenses that are pardonable as a reason to allow people to try gain fraudulent immigration is fallacious. Firstly there is no guarantee that a waiver will be provided for ANY criminal activity, and secondly the immigration process requires as a basis that good faith and truthful information be provided in order to make fair descisions. One who purposely tries to undermine this shouldn't be crying foul when caught playing that game.
945136
Unfortunately, the lottery is only open to citizens from countries where there are low rates of migration to the US, to promote diversity. Citizens of the UK, Mexico, India and China, to name a few are not eligible.\n\nIt would have been great if you could join though, as most of you guys already speak better English than we do. LOL!