You have received these "official" letters in the mail, at least once a week, if you live in the U.S.A. They come in a light tan envelope, with a prominent notice "To Be Opened by Addressee Only," with larger type below, "IMPORTANT DATED MATERIAL ENCLOSED" and a "Notice to Postmaster: If addressee has moved, handle in acccordance with security regulations in Section F020 of the United States Postal Service Domestic Mail Manual."
On the back of the envelope is the cavaet: "SECURITY NOTICE: Any person who interferes with or obstructs delivery of this letter or otherwise violates Title 18, United States Code 1702 may be fined up to $2,000 and/or be imprisoned for up to 5 years."
It gave me the cold shivers of personal pride to know that ANYONE opening my personally directed mail would pay a heavy fine and face jail time for messing with the warm relationship that I have with my government!!

When I opened the official looking letter, I found an offer for a credit card at an "introductory APR of 1.9%. The APR, after the introductory period would be "between 11.24 and 17.24 percent."

There should be a law similar to the recent "Do Not Call" legislation that governs junk mail. We can only hope.

I heard they were going to make a law about spam too.