Content-type: text/html Content-length: 3893 AOL Scam
ATTENTION AOL USERS!
CompUSA has been alerted to a scam targeting AOL mail users using the CompUSA brand to access credit card numbers by offering a free modem.

Do not respond to the message below!

CompUSA has not authorized or participated in a free modem give away. Should you receive the message below, please forward it to

abuse@#######.com.
Where ####### is the domain the email came from.
i.e. abuse@hotmail.com

Please contact AOL at http://www.aol.com/info/feedback.html to notify them of the misuse of their e-mail addresses. We have been alerted to fraudulent giveaways from the following addresses:

compusacontest@hotmail.com
CompUSA@ix.netcom.com
comp_usa_contest@hotmail.com
CompUSA_Contest@cyberservices.com
CompUSA7@ix.netcom.com
CompUSA97@hotmail.com
compusa97@usa.net

Disregard these messages as well. Thank you.

Subj: You are a Winner from CompUSA!
From: CompUSA@ix.netcom.com (CompUS)

Dear America Online User,

You're the first person from our list of thousands, to win a FREE US Robotics 56K bps with new x2 technology, modem from CompUSA. CompUSA has been randomly giving selected AOL users FREE 56K x2 bps modems. To show you, the customer, that CompUSA will be showing up everywhere in the future on the Internet. Our growing area has nearly doubled its popularity over the US in the past year, just from these contests alone! In order for you to receive your FREE 56K x2 bps modem from our company. We will need you to reply as soon as possible in this format:

Name: _______________________________
Address: _____________________________
City: _____________ State: ____ Zip: _______
Telephone Number: (___) ___-____
Also what version you need IBM or MAC: ____

We will need you to pay for the Shipping and Handling with your Credit Card Only. (To let us know that your 18 or over and also for safety reasons) For FedEx 2nd Day is only $12 dollars. For UPS GroundTrac is only $5 dollars. We will not charge for the shipping until the item is shipped.

Please have it in this format:

Shipping & Handling Type: (FedEx, UPS GroundTrac)
Credit Card Type: (VISA, MasterCard, DiscoverCard and American Express)
Bank Name: _______________________________
Credit Card Number: _______________________________ Exp. Date: __/__
Name that Appears in Credit Card: _______________________________

We want you to take advantage of our kindness. If you don't want the offer please reply to me with the word REMOVE. Also please visit our Internet site www.compusa.com for great deals.

Regards,
CompUSA, Inc.