The US Department of State is warning potential immigrants about an uptick in the fake letters and fraudulent emails sent to people who have applied for the Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV) program, which is sometimes referred to as a "green card http://www.immigrationdirect.com/greencard/index.jsp » lottery."

The Visa Lottery program is conducted each year by the state department with 50,000 prospective immigrants being awarded immigration http://www.immigrationdirect.com/ » applications. The winners are eligible to apply for a US visa and visit America.http://www.immigrationdirect.com/us-visas.jsp »

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