text: why are spam messages still getting past my spam blockers? i have been receiving quite a few emails announcing that i have won a lottery spammers keep changing their techniques to try and get round spam blockers. they find out what's stopping their messages getting through and change their message slightly to get them through. this has led to some spammers putting poems or book snippets into their e-mails. once enough of the new types of messages are marked as spam, your spam filter will be able to block these new messages.  the yahoo link below gives some advice on dealing with spam, but the general rules apply no matter what you use to read your e-mail.