Scam or not scam(hotmail.com)?

Yes its a scam. Read the FBI newsletter for yourself.

Of course it's not real. The FBI (a) can't just fine you (b) would never insist on payment by specified methods (c) can't just decide to let you off in exchange for money. It's a painfully obvious scam.

Get yourself some ad-blocking and anti-malware add-ons.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.