have any of you seen the ads on yahoo lately??? wel there is one about winning a green card lottery to live or work in the states. is this just another internet scam to get peoples credit card details or is it legit??? pls explain your answer n give stats to prove your answer if you can. thx
2007-01-10 17:55:44 · 10 answers · asked by Crazy_German 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
yes it is a scam..............oh_hell
2007-01-11 00:32:07 · answer #1 · answered by oh_hell_imagine_that 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How stupied are the first few answers. NO IT IS NOT A SCAM ! The INS gives 50,000 US visas (Green Card) through a lottery winning, for third world countries. It is well known all around the world. It was established after the fall of communism, to give the eastern a chance to come to America.
People should not talk about scams when they are ignorant. Not EVERYTHING on the net is a scam.
2007-01-11 05:37:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Scam Alert
US Green Card Lottery, It's Free to sign up
by paying money it won't increase your chances of winning!!!
2007-01-11 02:11:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
dont give your credit card details unless you think the site is 100% trustworthy. usually that means you deliberately went to the site as opposed to clicking on an ad.
lotteries can be won by non US citizens.
I dont think there is anything like a "green card" lottery that can legally offer the right to live and work in the US for payment.
2007-01-11 02:11:07 · answer #4 · answered by snarkysmug 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes there is a green card lottery - if u googel it it will give u the correct links for it - or u can go to the US imigration site and link from there - you have to live in certain contries tho - for exampel - UK and rest of europe only get a small amount of greencards and contries like africa and india get a lot more
if u go from the US imigration website there is NO CHARGE
its not a con or a scam
but outher links they might charge you an admin fee for fileing on your behalf - Do it yourself and you will be entered - chances of egtting one are pretty high depending on where u are from and if u dont try - you wont ever win
2007-01-11 02:52:14 · answer #5 · answered by EXZODIER 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes its a scam. I'm pretty sure you have to be a citizen of the united states to even participate in the lottery, much less win anything from them.
2007-01-11 02:04:41 · answer #6 · answered by ☼Divine Wind☼ 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is such a lottery but I suspect that if you get any sort of come on on the internet...then it is a scam.
I worked with a guy from Ireland that got his green card in Lottery.
But that was years ago.
I would not trust the ads.
2007-01-11 02:12:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
There is such a thing as "green card lottery" or it's also called "Diversity Visa Lottery" - US government does it every year, but people who enter have to meet a bunch of requirements and the number of applicants and winners is limited.
Here are some links -
http://www.dvlottery.state.gov/
http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_1322.html
http://www.us-green-card-lottery.org/
http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_1318.html
2007-01-11 03:28:17 · answer #8 · answered by elbgd 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most are scams but there is a real one too. I hope Yahoo would only show ads for the real one.
2007-01-11 08:06:32 · answer #9 · answered by Antis Suck 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The lottery is real, but you do not need to go through any company. However, you can if you are not sure how to complete the forms.
2007-01-11 07:06:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋