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Legitimate Target Email Mistaken As a Scam
- Business Insider, Thursday, January 16, 2014 4:25 PM
Target sent out an email to millions of consumers over the past couple of days, informing them that their personal information may have been stolen in the recent data breach and offering a year of free credit monitoring through Experian and identity theft insurance. The email is a response to the retailer's major data breach that happened over the holidays. The problem is that many consumers thought that the email was fake and took to Twitter to point out its flaws including having the email address TargetNews@target.bfi0.com.
