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Scamming - Fraud
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.
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 programThe 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 oninfo@parcelposts.com for immediate mailing of your original award documents and check.Best Regards,Brian BesanceneyChief Communications Officer- - - - - - - - - - -© Walmart Stores, Inc.
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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What do I do if I was stupid and used a credit card?
Open a dispute with your bank to your money refunded.
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 lolTravis law
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.
Yeah 10,000 points. Rachel Adams picture the rewards program specialist
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.
So what happens if I sent an email back with my address?
The scammers will start sending you phishing and malicious emails because they now know that your email address is active.
