D V lottery and Green card. Scam

Your registered name (xxx) is included to show this message originated from U.S. Department of State. U.S. Department of State notifies xxx of being selected as a winner of the Diversity Visa program. Dear xxx, You are one of the 50,000 winners selected by the computer random draw from the 12.1 million entries registered in the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program . The Diversity Immigrant Visa program is a United States congressionally-mandated lottery program for receiving a United States Permanent Resident Card. It is also known as the Green Card Lottery.

ry. Winner Details Acceptance Date: Thursday 14th of July 2011 05:40:09 AM Winner: xxx Country: Nigeria Diversity Visa Details With the Diversity Visa (also known as Green Card) you will enjoy all the advantages and benefits of a U.S. permanent resident, including health and education benefits, and employment opportunities along with guidance in your new country, orientation sessions and programs to integrate into mainstream American society. Once received you can use it at any time you want to move in the United States or just travel. The visa must be renewed after 10 years.0 years.

Processing fees Type of Residence Card Status Amount (per person) United States Permanent Resident Card Granted! - Waiting for payment of processing fee $819 Processing fees Included Total $819 Although the Diversity Visa participation was free, the law and regulations require to every diversity visa winner to pay a visa processing fee of $819 . The Diversity Visa(Green Card) is guaranteed upon receiving the payment. The per person fee for each Diversity Visa is $ 819, payable in U.S. dollars or equivalent of your local currency. This $819 fee is the only fee a winner needs to pay throughout the entire relocation process. Accompanying family members(wife/husband, fiancee, brothers, sisters, childrens, cousins) may be included in the program and their visas will be provided at the same time with yours so you can travel/move together in the same time. The U.S. Department of State uses the fee payment primarily to process your visa related documents and verify your identity.

Processing fees Type of Residence Card Status Amount (per person) United States Permanent Resident Card Granted! - Waiting for payment of processing fee $819 Processing fees Included Total $819 Although the Diversity Visa participation was free, the law and regulations require to every diversity visa winner to pay a visa processing fee of $819 . The Diversity Visa(Green Card) is guaranteed upon receiving the payment. The per person fee for each Diversity Visa is $ 819, payable in U.S. dollars or equivalent of your local currency. This $819 fee is the only fee a winner needs to pay throughout the entire relocation process. Accompanying family members(wife/husband, fiancee, brothers, sisters, childrens, cousins) may be included in the program and their visas will be provided at the same time with yours so you can travel/move together in the same time. The U.S. Department of State uses the fee payment primarily to process your visa related documents and verify your identity.

Thank you for posting this scam.

We can be certain it is a scam because:
a) The Department of State would not send something so poorly written.
b) Winners of the real lottery are NOT notified by email.

This shows that scammers will target people anywhere, not just in the "wealthy" countries. As the OP already stated, this is a definite scam.

I combined 4 different topics so this was not scattered all over the forum.

hey
does anyone know if this is a legitimate green card lottery ?

http://www.usafis.org/


thanks !

No, it's not legitimate.

This is the website for the the one and only legitimate green card lottery:
http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_1318.html