Green Card Lottery Safety Tips
Here are some tips which can help you protect yourself against American green card lottery scams that you are bound to come across when you are looking for information on this most sought-after lottery in the world.
Entering the green card lottery is totally free
You don’t have to pay anything to enter the American green card lottery. The American State Department which runs the green card or diversity lottery doesn’t charge you anything to register yourself for a draw.
So if you enter the lottery on your own on the state department’s website you won’t have to pay anything. On the other hand if you need assistance in filling up the form then you can certainly seek such help from someone, such as a green card lottery website, and have to pay for the services received. But keep in mind that the payment that you are required to make should be for the service and not for entering the lottery.
Don’t submit more than one entry to the green card lottery
You can enter the green card lottery only once in a year. If in an attempt to increase your winning chances, you submit multiple entries, say one on your own and another from a green card lottery site or from different sites, you are out. The state department will catch you and disqualify your all entries.
Nobody can help you increase your winning chances
Don’t believe if somebody tells you that their company or website can increase your winning chances if you enter the lottery through them. Nobody can help you win the lottery which selects the winners in a completely random and unpredictable way. Shun a site which makes any such claims. Click here to read more on the topic.
Look for authentic information on the US Government Sites
For authentic and official information on the green card lottery or any other visa- or travel-related information, consult the US government sites. No matter wha a site says or how it looks, it is not a government site unless its domain name ends in .gov such as www.dvlottery.state.gov which is the State Department’s official green card or diversity lottery site.
Delete emails telling you that you have won the green card lottery
The State Department will send you official letter by postal mail if you win the green card lottery. It doesn’t send emails to the lucky winners. So if you get an email telling you that you have won the green card lottery it is a scammer trying to get your private information. Delete such emails. I would advise you not even to open such emails or respond to them. Just delete them.
