4 Simple Steps to Reporting Spam

Over the years reporting spam has gotten ridiculously easy to the point where all tha tis needed is the original email so that it can be forwarded to a "reporting" organization. 
Due to its "Snake Oil" characteristics, the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) has a spam reporting center to investigate spam.  Some state attorney general's also investigate spammers so check with your local office.
Here are 4 simple steps to reporting spam: 
1. Get an account at SpamCop.net. To report the spam that does gets passed the filter.
2. Use the email generated from SpamCop.net and now automatically forward all messages with "Spam Alert" in the subject to the Spam Cop email.
3. Get the Government involved.  The FTC is also a place to report spam, so add uce@ftc.gov to the recipients list of the email.
4. (optional) To go the extra mile, you can Decipher the Email Header and send the spam email to the actual ISP who allowed the spam to go through their network.