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"Walmart Customer Rewards & Offers.......Yes! You’ve won Big" Scam

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Walmart Customer Rewards and Offers.......Yes! You’ve won Big Scam

The email message below, which appears as if it came from Walmart and claims the recipients have won big, is a phishing scam created to harvest personal information and subsequently scam the recipients. The fake message was sent by cybercriminals to trick the recipients into thinking their email addresses have been selected to receive a Walmart Customer Rewards Program prize of thousands of US dollars, and to trick the recipients into sending their personal information.

The Walmart Customer Rewards & Offers Phishing Scam

From: Walmart <mbd593@ku .dk>
Date: 05/12/2016 12:04 AM (GMT-05:00)
Subject: Walmart Customer Rewards & Offers.......Yes! you've won Big!
Hello!
It’s with immense pleasure I am writing to acknowledge that your email is on the list of customers emails that have been selected to receive a Walmart rewards prize of $745,000.00 USD in our customer rewards program
The company wishes to inform you that your check would be sent to the courier after it has been issued tomorrow. Please take a second to make sure you redeem your winnings. Send your Name and Address address to our logistics partners on
info@parcelposts.com for immediate mailing of your original award documents and check.
Best Regards,
Brian Besanceney
Chief Communications Officer
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© Walmart Stores, Inc.

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Feb 11, 2023 at 12:38 PM by an anonymous user from: Monroe, Louisiana, United States

What do I do if I was stupid and used a credit card?

Feb 11, 2023 at 12:59 PM by info

Open a dispute with your bank to your money refunded.

Jun 4, 2022 at 8:00 PM by an anonymous user from: Los Angeles, California, United States

Got email "I have enough points being a Walmart customer and my reward is $500 gift card and I would need to pay shipping cost of $2.50 to get it. Shipping cost for a gift card, right lol
Travis law

Jun 1, 2022 at 6:07 PM by an anonymous user from: Ashburn, Virginia, United States

I received a similar text on my cell phone, a claim from 'her' saying that I had been using an 'un-named network' over the past couple years and had reached the 10,000 Points mark and that I am entitled to a free Play Station, and to 'claim now. Her picture was also in the upper left-hand corner.

Jun 4, 2022 at 8:04 PM by an anonymous user from: Los Angeles, California, United States

Yeah 10,000 points. Rachel Adams picture the rewards program specialist

Sep 2, 2020 at 10:43 AM by an anonymous user from: Earlville, New York, United States

I just received an announcement from Rachel Adams, a Walmart Rewards Program Specialist(with a photo of her in the corner) saying I had won $1000. I didn't open the email to see what info they wanted. I do not have a Walmart Rewards card, in any case. Pretty sure this is a scam.