Ten or fifteen years ago, we didn't need any fancy anti spam software, we got most of our lottery scams by snail mail. If all that dead paper was not so bad for the environment, I might wish we still did; because the lottery spam that sneaks past my anti spam filter and into my inbox is the pits. At least those Publisher's Clearing House "You have Already Won!" letters used to be sort of entertaining. They were brightly colored, and even came with fun stickers you could play with or give to your kids. I always enjoyed sticking that big "NO" stop sign sticker you know, the one intended for those who did not include a magazine subscription with their entry on the back of my brother's head. It was a much more innocent time.

Today's lottery spam is pretty similar to its low-tech cousin. It begins with that all-exciting email: You've won! or, if they're going for a business like tone, "Regarding Ticket Number 127289-56-8938." When you click to open it, hands shaking in excitement, you read:
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