belford high school said I could earn a college degree online and just pay the fee Internet

Back in 2010 I came across a website that advertise that I could earn a college degree online.  All I had to do was pay the money take the required classes and thats about it.  I received a letter in the mail of my transcript of all the class I took and passed.  I received a certificate of my diploma as well.  I thought that it was to good to be true.  They advertised that it was accreted so I believed. But after as I began applying for collages it asked me where I graduated from high school. As I researched the school I could’t find it anymore.  I came across different websites stating it was a scam. So that is why I am now writing this letter.  Because I paid money for this “online school” and to find out it was a scam.