DV 2015 Nepal - nephew tricked by shysters?

[maya62 7]

My nephew notified me several hours before noon on October 1 (EST) that he had already had someone submit an entry into the DV lottery in Nepal on his behalf. I know this is wrong on several levels, and he totally jumped the gun on me, so now I am trying to figure out what the damage is. My understanding is that the DV 2015 lottery did not open until noon EST on Oct 1. Is there any way an application could have been filed in Nepal earlier than that time, or is that the exact time the site went live?

The reason this is critical is because if more than 1 application is filed for any one individual, they will both/all be thrown out.

He was also told (not sure if it was electronically or by this shyster) that his confirmation number would arrive in 2 - 4 weeks. Sounds like just enough time to trick a bunch of others and then split. I haven';t found out yet if he paid this dirtbag any money or not.

Any advice?

A totally pissed off Maya

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

The site goes live at noon EST across the world, so I don't see how an application could possibly have been filed before that. Also the confirmation number is generated almost immediately after the entry is submitted, so there is no reason to wait at all for that. I agree it sounds like a scam.

I'd suggest contacting the US embassy in Nepal as well as they are always keen to know who the scammers are.

[Samuel5028 2]

Hi

https://www.dvlottery.state.gov is the official website for dv lottery 2015, have you guys tried to register in this website ?

There are some private websites for registering the DV lottery, they used to get the details before the registration time starts and they might push the database completely once the dv lottery registration starts. In that situation your details may be shown as already used.

so just recall have you ever shared your information for entering DV Lottery with any other private companys deal with DV lottery 2015 registration.

thanks

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

These sits to sign up used to thrive in Nigeria and they would charge fees to take a picture and enter your name in the lottery. Some would then charge a second fee to look up your results and the worse of the worse would charge fees to manage your winning number. This year will see these fools going hungry. The same type of business seems to operate in most places where the population can apply for the lottery

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

Hi

https://www.dvlottery.state.gov is the official website for dv lottery 2015, have you guys tried to register in this website ?

There are some private websites for registering the DV lottery, they used to get the details before the registration time starts and they might push the database completely once the dv lottery registration starts. In that situation your details may be shown as already used.

so just recall have you ever shared your information for entering DV Lottery with any other private companys deal with DV lottery 2015 registration.

thanks

You cannot check to see if you are registered already (if I am mistaken please provide a link to the relevant part of the site).

These sits to sign up used to thrive in Nigeria and they would charge fees to take a picture and enter your name in the lottery. Some would then charge a second fee to look up your results and the worse of the worse would charge fees to manage your winning number. This year will see these fools going hungry. The same type of business seems to operate in most places where the population can apply for the lottery

Bangladesh apparently used to be even worse than that - according to reports not only charge you extortionate fees but in some cases force winners to enter into 'green card marriages' if they wanted their number!