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Luke Jan 5th 2004 8:59 pm

Can anyone help??
 
Myself andf my partner applied last year for the green card lottery.
on the 29 of december lasy year we received an email from
[email protected], it read

You are receiving this US Federal Trade Commission alert because your
email address was found in the customer database of USA Immigration
Services. You will need to follow the instructions in the attached
alert if you still wish to participate in the US State Department
diversity visa lottery.


is this a hoax?????
please help if you can as im not used to using computers.
many thanks, luke.

sibsie Jan 5th 2004 10:18 pm

Re: Can anyone help??
 
How did you apply for it? Did you fill out the proper forms online and attach your photos?

The lottery has now closed so if you didn't follow the instructions properly I doubt that you can now apply.

denno Jan 6th 2004 12:03 am

Re: Can anyone help??
 

Originally posted by Luke
Myself andf my partner applied last year for the green card lottery.
on the 29 of december lasy year we received an email from
[email protected], it read

You are receiving this US Federal Trade Commission alert because your
email address was found in the customer database of USA Immigration
Services. You will need to follow the instructions in the attached
alert if you still wish to participate in the US State Department
diversity visa lottery.


is this a hoax?????
please help if you can as im not used to using computers.
many thanks, luke.
what were the instructions in the "attached alert"?

D.

Joachim Feise Jan 6th 2004 4:55 am

Re: Can anyone help??
 
luke said on 1/6/2004 1:59:
    > Myself andf my partner applied last year for the green card lottery.
    > on the 29 of december lasy year we received an email from
    > [email protected], it read
    >
    > You are receiving this US Federal Trade Commission alert because your
    > email address was found in the customer database of USA Immigration
    > Services. You will need to follow the instructions in the attached
    > alert if you still wish to participate in the US State Department
    > diversity visa lottery.
    >
    >
    > is this a hoax?????

No. The company you apparently used (USA Immigration Services) was a scam.
They were shut down by the FTC.
See http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2003/10/usais.htm
It is likely that the company never sent your application out.
The FTC, during their investigation, apparently checked the customer
database of the company, and informed customers of this scam that
they need to apply on their own.
If you didn't, it is too late for DV2005 anyway (it ended on Dec. 31.)

-Joe


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