If you receive this message from Walmart, do not open it, the experts warn

Falling for this scam could leave you vulnerable to safety and security issues.


Much of our lives has moved online after the success of the Covid pandemic. You can now use to get almost everything you need using online shopping, grocery clothes to othersEssential housework. Whether in stores or not, we tend to trust the companies we bought with Walmart before, includingE-commerce market Increased 79% over the past year, according to its 2021 exercise report. Unfortunately, this confidence could be used against you. The experts now warn a new scam using Walmart's name. Read on to find out which Walmart message you have to ignore.

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If you get an email from Walmart on a missed delivery, do not open it.

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Have you recently received a Walmart email on a package you do not even remember? If so, do not open it. Bleeping Computer first reported on May 29 aPhishing campaign is underway Use the Walmart name. Depending on the exit, some users receive "Walmart" emails that demand a delivery issue. The message has an object line that reads as follows: "Problem notification identification number of your package" and that the e-mail indicates that the company can not deliver your package due to an incorrect mailing address.

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The message prompts you to send your address to the scammers.

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The message requests users to answer with the correct delivery address and has a key "Update Address" attached to the e-mail. However, if you click the button, your email program will be open to create a new email with the subject "Update my address", which will be sent to multiple email addresses connected to the phishing scam in Walmart. This information could help hackers have to identify flight attacks, access other accounts of your name or to perform phishing attacks targeted on you for additional information, bleeding computer warnings.

Walmart says not to provide personal information to an email that requires you to click on a link.

Portland, OR, USA - Feb 20, 2021: A man launches the Walmart mobile app from his iPhone. The app is a convenient way to check off your shopping and your groceries list.
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Walmart is aware that some hackers goTry phishing scams using the name of the company. In this spirit, the company says you should never respond to an email that requires you to click on a link to provide more personal information or require you to provide personal information directly in the email. Phishing emails often contain a very poor grammar, do not have an order number or details on the order and are not an official domain @ Walmart.com.

"If you have received a Walmart order confirmation email, but you have not passed a command, it may be a phishing scam attempt to collect information, or in some cases, to broadcast malware ", Warm Walmart on his website. "If you actually placed a command and you are suspicious about the email you received, log in to your Walmart.com account to check the status of your order."

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This is not Walmart's first scam this year.

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Walmart is a brand of confidence and it is clear that pirates and crooks use this to their advantage: it is not the first scam this year to use the name of Walmart. Consumptionaffairs reported on March 26thWalmart gift bag scam had been viral on Facebook. The crooks created a message on a false Walmart Facebook page that the retailer offered gift bags filled with products and a good $ 75 to those who shared and commented on the job. However, La Poste asked people to validate their entries by clicking on a specific link that prompted them to enter personal information.

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