Alert - Irish Lottery email Scam

You may have received the email below. If so you unfortunately did not win the Irish Lottery, rather you are the target of a scam often refered to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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Following is the text of the scam email:
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-----Original Message-----
From: ONLINE YEAR WINNERS NOTICE [mailto:irishnewsworld@adelphia.net]
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 7:52 PM
Subject: Winners: Confirm Immediately!!

THE IRISH LOTTERY
Dear Winner

This is to inform you that you have been selected fora cash prize of
£450,000(GBP) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. held on the
29th November of . 2007 in Uk.The selection process wascarried out
through random selection in our computerized email selection
system(ess) from
a database of over 25,000 email addresses drawn fromwhich you were
selected.

Contact the lottery board immediately
Claims Agent here in the UK with the details below:

Name Of Claims Agent: MRS. LEILA GREEN
Email address : info.claimcentre007@yahoo.se

PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM
1.FULL NAMES: 2.ADDRESS:3.SEX:4.AGE:
5.MARITAL STATUS 6.OCCUPATION:7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:
9.AMOUNT WON:
10. COUNTRY

Yours faithfully,
SIR. ALAN CLARKSON
Phone :+447045719001
Fax :+447075707738.
Online coordinator

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Any contact with the sender of this email could result in financial and identity loses. If you received an email like this, just delete it. If you have made contact with this person you may be at risk. You should immediately contact your local law enforcement agency and or financial institution for assistance if you provided ANY personal or financial information.

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