Beware of Visa Lottery Scams – U.S Embassy

The U.S. Mission to Nigeria said on Friday that it was aware of websites and messages advertising the U.S. visa lottery.

The Embassy said all the sites were fake.

These websites, as learnt, characteristically attempt to require people to pay for Visa Lottery services such as forms and information about immigration procedures.

The Embassy said “the only accurate information on the visa lottery is available at http://ng.usembassy.gov and http://travel.state.gov.”

The Embassy has advised the Nigerian public that only internet sites including the “.gov” indicator are official government Websites, for agency offices located in the United States.

“Visa  applicants are advised to be cautious in all dealings with companies that claim to offer any assistance in obtaining U.S. visas,” the Embassy said.