You are here: HomeNews1999 03 31Article 6100

Editorial News of Wednesday, 31 March 1999

Source: --

The Dispatch

The paper carries on its back page a story headed "US Embassy's warning on Visa Lottery". The paper states that the US Embassy has cautioned Ghanaians to be wary of a number of organisations claiming that the 2001 Visa Lottery have been announced, and demanding various sums of money from applicants to help them win. The warning was given by the United States Embassy's Information Officer, Mr. Bruce Lohof in reaction to a Radio Gold programme which exposed the falsity of a scheme being operated by Vision 2000 Associates which purports ensure applicants who pay a fee of US$20 or ?54,000 will win the lottery. According to the story, Mr. Lohof stated that, the Lottery for 2001 has not yet been announced and hoped it will be announced by August 1999. GRi