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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