The irish lotto....?

Question

Ok i got this in the mail can anyone tell me if this is a scam or not??
The Irish Lottery
P O Box 1010
11 G Lower Dorset Street,
Dublin 1, Ireland
(Customer Services)

Ref: IRSH/5340Z6/94
Batch: 055/85/SH759

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#1004) of the IRISH LOTTERY online Sweepstakes International program held on Sat 30 Dec 2006 - 9.51pm - 8.09am It is now available for claims and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards this.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 97725607345 171 with Serial number 4365/77 drew the lucky numbers: 05, 10, 11, 26, 31, 41, Bonus 44 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e match 5 plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of ¤ 7,452,671.00(Seven Million, Four Hundred and Fifty Two Thousand, Six hundred and Seventy One)Euro in cash credited to file KTU/9085118308/03, your winning ticket in this category i.e Match 3 plus bonus.

Answer 1

Did you enter a Irish lotto? No? Well there is your answer. This is a scam. There is a real Irish Lotto, I think. There address is http://www.irishlotto.net/

They do have a Scam Alert button.

http://www.irishlotto.net/scam.html

Answer 2

Well, you and how many thousands of others got this in your email!!! Of course it's a scam, and it's called phishing (fishing). They are fishing for information and for people foolish enough to answer them and give them all that lovely personal information, like name, address, credit cards, etc., etc. Just press the spam button and go on from here. We all get them.

Answer 3

Sweetie,its a scam.There are many who have gotten something similar to this.They try to get your information,and build up to get your credit card number.Dont give them any of your information.As soon as you recieve an email like this,delete it immediately.Good luck hun and have a good afternoon.