I got an email saying I won

I would google the name of the company and read up about it. If it is a scam usually by googling it you can find out. If you are still unsure I would contact the direct email for the named company to find out if they sent it.

always ignore spam emails! They can be either good or bad but you never know which on is which. You might get a letter saying you won $50 and one letter saying $1000. Well in this case it's obvious which one is a scam: $1000. But the other one can be a scam as well always check who it is from, and do a background check on google by simply tiping the email adress or the name of the company included in the letter.
Be careful. Never give out your TRUE IDENTITY.
For example: AlertPay is a big****** because it asks for identity WITH a photo of you! that is stupid! why would they need a photo of you? they couldn't check that anywhere how you look like!! its a big scam and wants all your personal details and then you can transfer your money but pay their really high fees. can you imagine how easy it is for them to create a fake ID after you posted your passport or driving license on their site (yes they do ask for it)?
anyway
best of luck

hi dragon 54u I would snopes it, take it to snopes as Ihad somthing similar happen to me, I was supposed to have won
fifty dollars from a panel I joined and I did not think I joined, sure enough my name was on there but the apartment address number was off by a digit, I went ahead and let them send me the check,okay took it to the manager of my bank,and yes it was bogus. should have known when the apartment number was off by a digit. I snoped it and this scam had been around for awhile.

ha all that are just scam,waste of time if you read that.i suggest you to not even open such email may be that will be spyware or virus,it will harm your computer.so please don't go for such messages. you won $1000,000 this much and that much all are just scam and nothing more than that.not even waste time to search on google or contact them.

Does the site have a winners list? Is your name on it? Do they have a phone number you could call? I'd be sending an email asking for some sort of verification.
Why wouldn't they just put this money in a paypal account or something? why do they need your address.
I would be checking for a lot of things out before I give the info they want.
I don't give anyone info unless I get a hold of them first, whether it's online or by phone.
One thing I've noticed, especially on facebook, myspace and yahoo is that they say not to reset a password or even enter one unless you are absolutely sure that you're on their site with the http:// at the beginning of the web address.
I'd be cautious with this, especially after you had to reset the password and something was wrong with your address.

It's not recommended to distribute your address to them. If you did signup, they should have your address. Maybe, contact the company, before doing anything. If you're afraid of replying, don't. There's no risk in replying, but only if you don't give your address.

Good Luck with this! And hope you'll get your $100.  :D

there's alot of them emails circulating these days, be very careful, if i wee you i would contact them and send the email and ask them if this is true or not, i have had lots of "you've won" emails before and not one of them were genuine, just another scam circulating, but i would never give out my info unless i knew it was for real...

They should have all of your information from when you join the website. If the address is not right then I would just delete the email. It is though up to you to decide what you want to do.

I hate to say this, but if it's from the email, most probably it is a spam. But then, you can play safe and search it on the search engine. Never give out your personal opinion unless you are super sure. But if it were me, I'd never give out any personal particulars. And something too good to be true, that is also a wonder.

If someone wants to give me $100, it's perhaps due to my participation on writing sites or for a work which I have done. And I mean something like many people have been receiving like from mylot; the earnings, I mean. You were right to let the $100 go... I guess your instinct gave it away..

lots of good advice from the other mylotters! Things I would never of thought of especially the http:// thing.

But one thing that wasn't mentioned what was their intention of payment? by check? if you do actually recieve the check and you are not a 100% certain make sure you have your bank call to verify funds on the account.

I would be also a little suspicious of it to.... As I get plenty of spam asking me what to do w/ my inheritance or my accounts at a bank I don't do any business with.... If they have your name & address fine. But if they start asking for banking information it's truly a scam.

I hope it's legit! Especially this time of year between holiday expenses and heating bills comming up it would be a nice surprise.