As I mentioned in my earlier blog, the annual Green Card Lottery is redrawing winners starting from July 15, 2011 in order to fix the computer glitch that corrupted the last results of the draw. Along with this news comes the usual warnings to avoid the many scammers who try to defraud people by sending emails that look like they are official emails from the Department of State and asking the "winners" to wire them money or other vital information.
One easy way to tell they are a fraud is that the e-mail address does not end with a “.gov”.
One particularly common fraud email comes from an address ending in @diplomats.com or @usa.com and asks potential victims to wire $819 per applicant/family member via Western Union to an individual (the name varies) at the following address in the United Kingdom: 24 Grosvenor Square, London W1A 1AE. If you receive this email, do NOT respond. Report it immediately to the Internet Crime Complaint Center and the Federal Trade Commission online or by calling 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357).
You can access more information about these types of fraudulent activities on the Beacon, the USCIS official blog here and also on the Department of State's official website here.
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