How weird! I'm on AOL; I never get these things. I have to hear about these scams on the board or from my few facebook friends. Might help to increase your filters for this time of year.
Click START or the blue circle icon in the lower left corner of your screen.
Click CONTROL PANEL in the right hand column.
Click INTERNET PROPERTIES.
At the very top of the window click on the PRIVACY tab.
In the top 1/3 of the next window there will be a little bar on a vertical line. (under "Select a setting for the Internet zone.") You can click on and move the bar up a bit, maybe to 4 little spots from the bottom.
This blocks more cookies than usual and may help you avoid some of these things at this time of year. In later January you may want to move the bar down one notch if you want less "privacy".
Jan in VA